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We have extended our application period for the Executive Director-Curator job until Monday July 29th. Be sure to get those applications in!

📣WE ARE HIRING! Be sure to read the posting carefully and in full.

📷WE ARE HIRING 2024 SUMMER STAFF

Reading week joy @DetroitLibrary for @CKBHS94 Freedom in Print project. Mahommah Baquaqua’s 1853 biography with its original wrappers carefully repaired, stitched together and held through time @UGuelphHist @Schofield1616 @HistoryHuron @HuronResearch

Students from our Queen Elizabeth II P.S. in Chatham have started a petition to get the Chatham Coloured All-Stars inducted into the Canadian Baseball Hall of Fame. Show your support by signing the petition: change.org/p/induct-the-c…

The records of Daniel G. Hill III document his work as the first director of @OntHumanRights and his family's life and legacy. Learn more in our online exhibit: archives.gov.on.ca/en/explore/onl…. [Daniel G. Hill II and May Edwards Hill's 50th wedding anniversary, 1967 (I0027967)]

On this day, February 23rd, we commemorate the birth of one of the most influential figures in Black history, William Edward Burghardt, popularly known as W.E.B. Du Bois.   He was born in 1868 and became the first African American to earn a Ph.D. from Harvard University.

Digital mapping reveals Ontario’s Black history — and challenges myths tvo.org/article/digita…

@Aburgfreedom & @river_bookshop are hosting a youth art class with Dennis K. Smith on Feb. 10 at 1pm. The class will take place at dKs Studio & Gallery & there are only 15 spots available! Register by emailing curator@amherstburgfreedom.org Please note the time change to 1pm.

Shadd legacy honoured with Canada Post stamp windsor.ctvnews.ca/shadd-legacy-h…

"Today, at an event in Chatham, Ont., Canada Post unveiled a new Black History Month stamp honouring Mary Ann Shadd." #BlackHistory #BlackHistoryMonth @canadapostcorp #MaryAnnShadd #ChathamKent newswire.ca/news-releases/…

Canada Post to unveil stamp honouring Mary Ann Shadd in Chatham #ckont chathamdailynews.ca/news/local-new…

Black Harbour: New book explores history of slavery in Newfoundland cbc.ca/news/canada/ne…

#ICYMI @canadapostcorp will release a stamp featuring Mary Ann Shadd Cary for Black History Month 2024 Canada Post announces 2024 stamp program prd11.wsl.canadapost.ca/cpc/en/our-com…

Princes call Order of Canada honour 'humbling' chathamdailynews.ca/news/local-new…

@slaveryontario Congratulations Dr. Natasha Henry-Dixon !! We are soooo happy for you. 🥳

Elated to announce that today I successfully defended my dissertation thesis, “One Too Many: The Enslavement of Black People in Upper Canada, 1760 – 1834.” Grateful to everyone who has supported me on this journey! Dr. Natasha Henry-Dixon is #PhinisheD!

Being forced to leave my home in Africville was hard. But 60 years later, I feel a different loss cbc.ca/news/canada/fi…

Heritage network honours Chatham Coloured All-Stars with historical plaque chathamdailynews.ca/sports/local-s…