Canada Lee wore many hats during his professional career as a boxer, musician, and well-respected actor. Despite racial barriers, Lee went on to become one of the leading actors in stage productions of Orson Welles and for the Federal Theater Project. Lee was born 'Leonard Lionel Cornelius Canegata' on March 3, 1907, in New York […]

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