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Carrie M. Best, (March 4, 1903 – July 24, 2001) was a Black Canadian journalist. Born in New Glasgow, Nova Scotia, a daughter to James and Georgina Ashe Prevoe, she married Albert T. Best in 1925. In 1946 she founded ''The Clarion'', the first black-owned and published Nova Scotia newspaper. In her first edition she broke the story of Viola Desmond.〔http://www.parl.ns.ca/carriebest/clarionyears.html〕 In 1952 she started a radio show, ''The Quiet Corner'', which was aired for 12 years. From 1968 to 1975 she was a columnist for ''The Pictou Advocate'', a newspaper based in Pictou, Nova Scotia. In 1977, she published an autobiography, ''That Lonesome Road''. In 1974, she was made a Member of the Order of Canada and was promoted to Officer in 1979. She was posthumously awarded the Order of Nova Scotia in 2002. She is commemorated on a postage stamp issued by Canada Post on February 1, 2011.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.canadapost.ca/cpo/mc/personal/collecting/stamps/2011/2011_jan_carrie_fergie.jsf )〕 == See also == * Nova Scotia Heritage Day * Black Nova Scotians 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「Carrie Best」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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