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Three generations of the Mayes family in front of the Shiloh Baptist Church they built. (Leander Lane Family Photo Archives) How many families do you know who built a church, a school and had a grandmother who delivered babies and was the leader of the community? Oh yeah, and that family also had an NFL football player and a member of Canada’s national women’s bobsleigh team! Let’s find out a little more about this amazing Black family who have been living in the western part of Canada for over 110 years! Where did they come from? A Black family who left the U.S. due to discrimination and settled in Alberta in 1911. (Wikimedia/Public domain) ....