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Canada Lee (March 3, 1907 – May 9, 1952) was an American actor who pioneered roles for African Americans. After careers as a jockey, boxer and musician, he became an actor in the Federal Theatre Project and stage productions by Orson Welles. A champion of civil rights in the 1930s and 1940s, he was blacklisted and died shortly before he was scheduled to appear before the House Un-American Activities Committee. Lee furthered the African-American tradition in theatre pioneered by such actors as Paul Robeson. Lee is the father of actor Carl Lee. ==Early life and career== Canada Lee was born Leonard Lionel Cornelius Canegata on March 3, 1907, in New York City.〔〔〔 His father, James Cornelius Lionel Canegata, was born on the Caribbean island of St. Croix, and as a youth had migrated to New York, where he married Lydia Whaley Gasden.〔("Biographical Sketch", Canada Lee Papers. )〕 Raised by his parents in New York City, Lee was a talented musician, and by the age of 12 was a concert violinist. In his early teens, he ran away from home to become a jockey, but after growing too large to ride, he decided to try boxing.〔〔 Lee began boxing in 1926.〔 Before one match, an announcer, stumbling over Lionel’s surname, mispronounced his name as "Canada Lee". Lee adopted the mistake as his own. At and about , he fought as a welterweight. His professional boxing record is listed variously as 38 wins with 15 knockouts, 32 losses with 8 knockouts, and 8 draws;〔(【引用サイトリンク】publisher=BoxRec )〕 44 wins with 11 knockouts, 31 losses, and three draws; or 33–31–7 with 13 knockouts.〔 He fought and lost to world champions Jack Britton, Tommy Freeman, and Lou Brouillard. He boxed a ten-round draw with middleweight champion Vince Dundee in 1928. During a 1930 bout with Willie Garafola, a glancing blow to his right eye detached his retina. His sight was impaired, and he finally quit boxing in 1933. Lee began to conduct a 15-piece orchestra at a Harlem nightclub called The Jitterbug, which he also managed. Neither the band nor the nightclub survived the Great Depression. Despite having made an estimated $90,000 during his boxing career (roughly equivalent to $ today), by the mid-1930s Lee was impoverished. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Canada Lee」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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