Amherstburg Freedom MuseumKeep up to date on 2020 Black History Month events happening in Windsor-Essex County
The 2020 Windsor-Essex Black History Month Activity Schedule activity schedule will be officially launched January 31st, 2020 and updated regularly online. Please visit this page for the latest and most accurate information.
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Essex County is rich in Black history. Canadians of African descent have played important roles in the cultural, political, social, and economic progress of our communities. Our region has been populated by people of African descent from the 18th century, when free Black Loyalists as well as enslaved Africans were among the area’s early residents; to the 19th century when formerly enslaved African Americans and free people of colour streamed into this area by the thousands, fleeing either bondage or oppression; to the modern era when immigrants from the continent of Africa and the Caribbean made this region their new home.
Stay tuned for some of the Black History Month events happening around our region!
The seventh annual Windsor-Essex Joint Black History Month Kickoff, an event co-hosted by the Essex County Black Historical Research Society, the Windsor West Indian Association, and the Amherstburg Freedom Museum, will be taking place on Friday, January 31st at 7:00 p.m. at the Caribbean Centre, 2410 Central Avenue in Windsor.
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