Edmonton
Johnny Bright professional football player Edmonton Eskimo (today's Elks)
school principal
in the U.S. before his emigration to Canada he was brutally hit in racist attack
wikipedia "Johnny Bright Incident"
his life outlined here:
Big Miller jazz singer
Clarence Horatius "Big" Miller (December 18, 1922 – June 9, 1992)
his statue is at end-of-steel park
wikipedia "Clarence Horatius Miller" (which is inappropriate because as an adult he only went by the name Big Miller and recorded under the name.)
Calgary
Bertrand Bickersteth poet western Canadian black historian
lives in Calgary
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