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unusual facts about Black Canadians



The Black Tie Affair

Maestro used "Nothin' at All" as a way to acknowledge the achievements of prominent Black Canadians, mentioning Egerton Marcus, Ben Johnson, Lennox Lewis, Oscar Peterson, and Salome Bey in the third verse, while criticizing "race scientist" Jean Philippe Rushton in the first verse.

William Peyton Hubbard

William Peyton Hubbard (1842–April 13, 1935), a City of Toronto Alderman from 1894 to 1914, was a popular and influential politician, of particular historical note as the first politician of African descent in Canada.


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