This Valentines Day, bring your partner, parents or the gyal dem and come bask in love with us ! Participants will receive a paint kit to participate with. Registration closes on Friday the 4th, book your spot now! #BlackFuturesMonth2022

We are excited to announce Adeola Egbeyemi as the museum’s newest curatorial mentee! Adeola will work with Senior Curator Pamela Edmonds on a series of online and writing programs based on her interests in critical writing, art and metaphysics and politically engaged issues.

Cecil Williams drinking from a "Whites Only" water fountain in 1956. He was an avid photographer of civil rights injustice and an early pioneer to hold up a mirror to discrimination, segregation and inequality. #BlackHistoryMonth

One of CBC Books best Canadian picture books of 2020. #representationmatters #unity Celebrate culture and diversity in the Caribbean and African diaspora! Illustrated by @subi_bosa 🇿🇦 🇺🇬 Published by @chalkboardpublishing 🇨🇦 #blackhistorymonth #African #DiversityandInclusion

Thank you CBC Books “Hot Cross Buns For Everyone” is on the Spring 2022 list!

We are thrilled to announce our 2022 Creatives in Residence! Over the next five months, residents will work in communities across Ontario exploring themes of access to resources such as food, community space, local history and technology -- all of which the pandemic exasperated.

Congrats to our very own Tonya Sutherland for their creative residency at Ontario Culture Days!!

Oral histories of Black women in Canada subject of presentation uwindsor.ca/dailynews/2022…

Calling Little Jamaica residence to share with us your thoughts on how as a community we can address: 🚜 #foodinsecurity 🏡#affordablehousing 💵 #economicdevelopment

Accusations of racism shutter groundbreaking Halifax institute studying Canadian slavery | CBC News cbc.ca/news/canada/no…

Artists of Colour encourage conversation at AWE event windsorstar.com/news/local-new…

#OTD in 1891 Dr. William Christian Kelly was born in Windsor. #DYK he graduated with the 1923 Class of the Royal College of Dental Surgeons of Ontario and was the first Black Dentist in Windsor.

This past weekend our President Denise Francis was one of the recipients of Canada’s Top 100 Black Women to watch 2022.The GBHS is exceptionally proud of this achievement by Denise as she is dedicated to restoring Canadian Black History and creating spaces for marginalized voices

I wasn't able to watch it live so I'm catching up on the last major mayoral debate. You can watch it here: youtube.com/watch?v=ljyNvb…

Artists, do you want to improve your chances of getting a grant? Join our Mock Grant Jury workshop, where you will get a behind-the-scenes look at the granting process, to give you the skills you need to secure the bag. 💰️ bit.ly/3gmQjMO #NiaCentre #GrantWriting

1/3 Today we gathered at the Tower of Freedom for 'Words & Monuments' in celebration of the Monument's 21st anniversary. The program featured moving poetry from Mbonisi Zikhali Zomkhonto, Bunmi Africa Onanaye & Teajai Travis, an amazing song performance by Florine Ndimubandi

2/3 & history from BlackHistoryWindsor President & Vice President Irene Moore Davis & Kimberly Simmons. We also heard a reading by poet Michael Fraser who read from his recent book, The Day-Breakers, which is available for purchase at Biblioasis

"We're capable of so much more than we allow ourselves to believe" - @IAMQueenLatifah #WeekendMotivation #QueenLatifah #NiaCentre

#OTD in 1924 the Windsor Art & Literary Club was formed which promoted social uplift & literary advancement & had the motto "Keep your face always toward the sun & the shadows will fall behind." Among their good deeds, they did work for the Red Cross, particularly during WWII.

Detroit, Michigan. Photographs by Enrico Natali (1968-1970)