History professor emeritus Larry Kulisek will present “Life in Sandwich in 1798” as part of an anniversary party this weekend for Windsor’s oldest building, the Duff-Baby Mansion.
Delegates to the Amherstburg Regular Missionary Baptist Association at Windsor’s First Baptist Church. Photo by Alvin McCurdy, courtesy of the Archives of Ontario.
In the first half of the 20th century, Windsor was home to a dynamic Black community located in the metropolitan core. Situated east of the downtown commercial district, the McDougall Street Corridor was a mostly self-sufficient African Canadian community bounded loosely by Riverside Drive, Goyeau Street, Giles Street, and Howard Avenue.
This historic neighbourhood emerged during the mid-19th century as African American freedom seekers and free people of colour crossed the Detroit River in search of refuge from enslavement and oppression.
Exploring a section of the Grand Marais drain is part of the Windsor-Essex Jane’s Walk Festival, this weekend and next.
A public symposium Friday will highlight the Detroit River as a focal point for teaching local history.
A public symposium Friday will highlight the Detroit River as a focal point for teaching local history.
The digital archive “We Were Here” documents the history of Windsor’s McDougall Street corridor.
History student Willow Key will discuss McDougall Street Corridor in a free public presentation Wednesday, Feb. 8.
The Gateway to Freedom is sculptor Ed Dwight’s memorial to the Underground Railroad.
History professor Gregg French and his former students Chadene Griffiths and Karleigh Kochaniec will present “Teaching and Learning about the History of Race and Slavery in University Classrooms” for the Amherstburg Freedom Museum on Thursday.
A free public lecture Monday will consider microhistorical documentaries.
The Leddy Library will launch the Journal of Canadian Baseball/Revue du baseball canadien (JCB/RBC) during the Canadian Baseball History Conference, Nov. 12 and 13 at the University of Windsor.
The Leddy Library will launch the Journal of Canadian Baseball/Revue du baseball canadien (JCB/RBC) this weekend.
