Tour buses are nothing new on Ottawa's roads, but now you can jump aboard and learn about the city's Black history.

Volunteers with Black History Ottawa researched and designed the twice-weekly, 25-stop tour featuring stories about Black pioneers and visits to notable landmarks of Black history in Ottawa and Canada.

Among the first stops is Nelson Mandela Square between Elgin Street and Ottawa city hall, where the South African president and anti-apartheid activist unveiled a plaque at the human rights monument during a visit in 1990.

One of the comments we hear is, 'I walk by this place all the time, I did not know about this history.' - Jean-Marie Guerrier, Black History Ottawa

The tour also passes the "piano-playing" statue of jazz great Oscar Peterson outside the Nationa

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