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Trapped in a mineshaft for 9 days, Maurice Ruddick sustained his companions with song and prayer.
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Following her arrest for sitting in the wrong theatre section, Viola Desmond fought against racial discrimination.
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Writer Daniel Hill was a Canadian human rights pioneer and prominent Black historian.
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The first significant Black migration into Alberta took place with the arrival of the "Exodusters."
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