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August 10th, 2009 - 2:09 pm § in Human Rights Activism, Human Rights Leaders
Hugh Burnett
Hugh Burnett (1918–1991) was an African-Canadian civil rights leader. A descendant of slaves, Hugh Burnett was a carpenter in the rural Canadian town of Dresden in the province of Ontario. He was active in the National Unity Association, an anti-discrimination group formed in 1948: at the time,[...]