@CKBHS94

Chatham-Kent Black Historical Society & Black Mecca Museum

 Chatham-Kent, Ontario
ckbhs.org
Joined December 2015
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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!
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📣WE ARE HIRING! Be sure to read the posting carefully and in full.
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📷WE ARE HIRING 2024 SUMMER STAFF
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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
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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-chat…

Sign the Petition

Induct the Chatham Coloured All-Stars into the Canadian Baseball Hall of Fame

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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/explor…. [Daniel G. Hill II and May Edwards Hill's 50th wedding anniversary, 1967 (I0027967)]
Colour photograph of a family portrait with 28 people posing outdoors on the grass in front of a hedge.

ALT Colour photograph of a family portrait with 28 people posing outdoors on the grass in front of a hedge.

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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.
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Digital mapping reveals Ontario’s Black history — and challenges myths tvo.org/article/digital-mapp…
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@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 [email protected] Please note the time change to 1pm.
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Shadd legacy honoured with Canada Post stamp windsor.ctvnews.ca/shadd-leg…
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"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/ne…
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Canada Post to unveil stamp honouring Mary Ann Shadd in Chatham #ckont chathamdailynews.ca/news/loc…

Canada Post to unveil stamp honouring Mary Ann Shadd in Chatham

She was the first Black woman in North America to edit and publish a newspaper, The Provincial Freeman.

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Black Harbour: New book explores history of slavery in Newfoundland cbc.ca/news/canada/newfoundl…
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#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/…
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Princes call Order of Canada honour 'humbling' chathamdailynews.ca/news/loc…
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Being forced to leave my home in Africville was hard. But 60 years later, I feel a different loss cbc.ca/news/canada/first-per…
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Heritage network honours Chatham Coloured All-Stars with historical plaque chathamdailynews.ca/sports/l…
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The rain didn't stop today's plaque unveiling at Stirling Park in Chatham honouring The Chatham Coloured All-Stars. Congratulations to our friends @CKBHS94 for all of there work in having the team recognized!
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