Part of an ongoing portrait series of historic black actors, athletes, singers, songwriters, and entertainers who are the trailblazers of their era for #BlackHistoryMonth.
Nurse Lillie Johnson was the first Black Director of Public Health of Ontario, and advocate for Sickle Cell Disease patients. She founded the Sickle Cell Association of Ontario, a non for profit organization who pioneered Sickle Cell newborn screening as standard in Ontario health care.
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2025.