#BlackHistoryMonth : Saint Firmin Monestime: From Haiti to Mattawa THE SURPRISI…

#BlackHistoryMonth : Saint Firmin Monestime: From Haiti to Mattawa

THE SURPRISING STORY OF CANADA’S FIRST BLACK MAYOR

In the 1950s, fate led Dr. Saint Firmin Monestime from Haiti to Mattawa, in Northern Ontario. He would become the very first black mayor elected in Canada.

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