R.I.P. Howard McCurdy, 2nd Black MP in Canada; Order of Canada;

Windsor MP and activist Howard McCurdy remembered as a man who 'didn't back down'

Howard McCurdy is being remembered as a man who never backed down from anything.

The civil rights activist was the second black member of Parliament in Canada — the first for the New Democratic Party — and the first tenured black professor in Canadian history. McCurdy died Tuesday at the age of 85.

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McCurdy was also a scientist and civil rights activist. He also formed the Guardian Club to fight racial discrimination in Windsor and co-founded and chaired the National Black Coalition of Canada.

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He was named to the Order of Ontario and designated a member of the Order of Canada in 2012.

(CBC)

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