1. Raymond Gray Lewis
Raymond Gray Lewis, Canada's first African-Canadian Olympian, was born on October 8th, 1910, in Hamilton Ontario, to a third generation "Canadian" family. He began his career, in track and ... peers. He says this first started to come about when he was ten years old, because this was the first year he did not receive any Valentines from any of the white children in his class, or school. During the Great Depression, Lewis, briefly attended Marquette University in Milwaukee. He returned and became a porter for the Pacific ... meter relay. Since he has retired, he's been an official for track a...
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