African Heritage Month - George Dixon from Africville, Nova Scotia was the first black World Champion in any weight class. He held three separate titles, paperweight, featherweight and bantamweight. He fought in about 130 bouts and had more than 30 title defences.
Africian Heritage Month - Burnley Allan "Rocky" Jones was an African-Nova Scotian and an internationally known political activist in the areas of human rights, race and poverty. He brought the Black Panther Party to Canada.