Posted on 12 September 2011. Tags: Black Athletes, Black Canadians, Canada, Harry Jerome, Henry Jerome, Olympics

Henry "Harry" Winston Jerome, OC (September 30, 1940 – December 7, 1982) was a Canadian track and field runner. He was the Grandson of John Howard, a Railway Porter who represented Canada in the 1912 Summer Olympics.
Born in Prince Albert, Saskatchewan, he moved to North Vancouver at age 12. In 1970 he was made an ...
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Posted on 13 July 2010. Tags: Black Canadians, Black boxers, Boxing, Canada, Famous Black People, Famous history, Heavyweight Boxers, Lennox Lewis, Sport, World Champion, black man

Lennox Lewis was Britains last Heavyweight Champion boxer. Despite a reputedly high, undisclosed personal wealth, Lennox Lewis remains one of the most likeable sporting personalities of this century. Lennox Claudius Lewis was born in Stratford, London on 2 September 1965.
His names could not be more aptly chosen as Lennox is Gaelic and means 'chieftain' ...
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