'Resilience and bravery:' Nova Scotia honours first Black man to win Victoria Cross | iNFOnews

HALIFAX - Against a backdrop of unimaginable racism and hardship, William Hall's courage on the battlefield in 1857 led him to become the first Black person awarded the Victoria Cross, Britain's highest military decoration.

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