Meet the black people who made history in Canada

Ferguson Arthur Jenkins

Growing up in Canada, Jenkins excelled at baseball, basketball, and hockey, and eventually became a professional baseball pitcher and coach, who played in Major League Baseball for the Philadelphia Phillies, Chicago Cubs, Texas Rangers, and Boston Red Sox. Widely celebrated in Canada, Jenkins was inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame in 1991.

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