'The only Black one left': Alberta village remembers its African-American roots
Vant Hayes, who says he's 88 years old or "somewhere around there," represents the end of an era in the village of Breton, 110 kilometres southwest of Edmonton.
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Vant Hayes, who says he's 88 years old or "somewhere around there," represents the end of an era in the village of Breton, 110 kilometres southwest of Edmonton.
Three generations of the Mayes family in front of the Shiloh Baptist Church they built. (Leander Lane Family Photo Archives) How many families do you know who built a church, a school and had a grandmother who delivered babies and was the leader of the community? Oh yeah, and that family also had an NFL football player and a member of Canada’s national women’s bobsleigh team! Let’s find out a little more about this amazing Black family who have been living in the western part of Canada for over 110 years! Where did they come from? A Black family who left the U.S. due to discrimina...
Winifred Mayes beat 14 men for a cello post in the ensemble in 1957
the accused spies met with an undercover fbi agent posing as a russian agent, saturday at the corner of h and 10th street northwest blocks first white house. he worked at all russia travel in arlington and spoke several languages. >> anything indicating he was involved in something shady? >> no. >> and -- >> the suspects were encouraged to become americanized. intelligence experts doubt that they are the only ones. >> and russian intelligence activities are high if not higher. >> reporter: two other suspects, an arlington couple who lived in this complex, recurrently moved from seatt...