We want to hear from you! Take the Western News audience survey.

Search

Topics

Western News

Black History Month

Honouring the legacy of Western’s first Black medical graduate

Honouring the legacy of Western’s first Black medical graduate

In 1947, a young Black Canadian air cadet of the Windsor Squadron named Lewis H. Milburn met Air Marshal William Avery “Billy” Bishop during one of the legendary flying ace’s appearances at a Canadian Air Force event in southwestern Ontario. Struck b …