Librarian Heidi L.M. Jacobs’ monograph 1934: The Chatham Coloured All-Stars’ Barrier-Breaking Year is generating international media interest.
Jul 11th, 2023
Globe and Mail
Heidi Jacobs
Librarian Heidi L.M. Jacobs’ monograph 1934: The Chatham Coloured All-Stars’ Barrier-Breaking Year is generating international media interest.
Delegates to the Amherstburg Regular Missionary Baptist Association at Windsor’s First Baptist Church. Photo by Alvin McCurdy, courtesy of the Archives of Ontario.
May 4th, 2023
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.
The digital archive “We Were Here” documents the history of Windsor’s McDougall Street corridor.
Mar 21st, 2023
A new resource of the Leddy Library aims to recover the stories of Windsor’s McDougall Street corridor.
Ten women will share their stories of immigration and adaptation to Canada through the focus of a pair of shoes in the Feb. 26 presentation “Taking New Steps.”
Feb 16th, 2023
Women will share their stories of immigration to Canada through the focus of a pair of shoes in the Feb. 26 presentation “Taking New Steps.”
The Leddy library has pulled together materials celebrating 28 Black scientists in observance of Black History Month.
Feb 1st, 2023
The Leddy library has pulled together materials celebrating 28 Black scientists in observance of Black History Month.
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.
Nov 8th, 2022
The Leddy Library will launch the Journal of Canadian Baseball/Revue du baseball canadien (JCB/RBC) this weekend.
Lana Talbot and Irene Moore Davis flank history student Willow Key, whose research is at the heart of a project to tell the story of the McDougall Street Corridor.
Aug 2nd, 2022
The “We Were Here” project will create materials for narrated tours of the McDougall Street Corridor.
A film on Sandwich’s historical role as a terminus for the Underground Railroad won a provincial award for heritage conservation.
Mar 7th, 2022
A film on Sandwich’s history as a terminus for the Underground Railroad won a provincial award for heritage conservation.
Hall of Fame pitcher Fergie Jenkins Jr. narrates a video for the Toronto Blue Jays that draws on the UWindsor project archiving material about the Chatham Coloured All Stars.
Feb 18th, 2022
The Toronto Blues Jays featured a UWindsor project about the Chatham Coloured All Stars in its video series on Black History Month.
The Leddy Library used community input to create a list of 28 titles that capture the broad areas of Black history.
Feb 1st, 2022
The Leddy Library and the UWindsor community have put together a digital reading list to recognize Black History Month.