Emancipation Day Committee of Windsor
691 Ouellette Avenue N9A 4J4 Windsor, ON, Canada

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He graduated from high school at the age of 15, received his bacholers at 19, his master's at 22, and his doctrine at 26. Yet, he still was treated as a crimina...l (Thug) No matter how far you go in life, as a BLACK MAN, they will always see you as an ANIMAL, a THUG, a MONKEY. Happy Birthday Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. See more

Great day for human rights!!

I was the conductor of the Underground Railroad for eight years, and I can say what most conductors can't say I never ran my train off the track and I never lost a passenger. - Harriet Tubman

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Despite on and off downpours, Emancipation Day Rally goes off without a hitch Emancipation Day Committee of Windsor The Ceekrs #emancipationday #windsor #blm

There is a rally today starting at 2pm by the Windsor Riverfront. Come out and let's be part of something greater!

There is a rally today starting at 2pm by the Windsor Riverfront. Come out and lets be part of something greater!

Because Emancipation Day is tomorrow, we wanted to highlight a very important local figure, Mr. Emancipation, Walter Perry, who organized the Emancipation celebrations in Windsor. Perry was born in Chatham in 1899, and moved to Windsor with his mother at the age of eight. He spent thousands of his own dollars to produce the best possible event. As the years passed, the event reached attendance numbers of hundreds of thousands of people and, although Emancipation was celebrate...d in Canada, people from all over the United States attended as well. This new celebration included plenty of food, the Miss Sepia contest, music and entertainment, sports, award ceremonies, and, Perrys personal favourite, a parade. According to Perry, it was his love of parades with the massed laughter and applause of a quarter of a million people who cram Jackson Park every year that encourages him to go on staging his big show. The annual parade was the event that attracted the most people, as most of the Windsor community as well as Americans, regardless of race, attended. Emancipation Day became so popular that it even attracted big names such as Eleanor Roosevelt, Stevie Wonder, Martin Luther King Jr., and Jessie Owens to name a few.

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Alton Parker was born in Windsor in 1907. He worked as a mechanic during his young adulthood until 1942, when he joined Windsors police force, becoming the WP...Ss first black constable. Nine years later Parker was promoted to the rank of detective, making him the 1st black detective in all of Canada. In 1966 Alton Parker and his wife Evelyn began hosting his annual Uncle Als Kids Party at Brodhead Park in Windsors downtown area (later renamed Alton Parker Park). Mr. Parker was also a founding member of "Apartment Living for Physically Handicapped Adults ", (ALPHA) , and served on Goodwills board of directors. Alton Parker was honoured a number of times during his later years: with "Ontario Medal for Good Citizenship ", the "Queens Silver Jubilee Medal ", "Person of the Year " by the North American Black Historical Museum, and the Order of Canada. Parker passed away in 1989 and will be forever remembered by all who knew him, loved and admired him. Thank you Alton Parker for your valuable service and contributions to our city. (photo of statue of Alton Parker & child by Sandra Willick) See more

Black History Month is being celebrated throughout February, and Sandwich Town in Windsor got things started with a special unveiling of Black History Murals in Paterson Park. #YQG

Eleanor Grayer singing at Black History murals presentation.

A beautiful day to celebrate the resurrection of Windsors Black History murals in Sandwich Towne.

President Chirac acknowledged that racism had been a problem in France, and said that the re-interment of Dumas body in the Pantheon was a way of correcting that wrong.

Join us February 14th at 11am in Paterson Park. The murals have come full circle.

Meeting at the Band Shell today. Our team ready to get moving together on this project! Stay tuned for details

Special thanks to former Westside Foods owner Rob Hazelton, for entrusting us with these historic murals and Fabio Constante, for seeing their re-mounting through to fruition.

Malcolm X oldest daughter Attallah Shabazz paying tribute to her father! Visit rbgprintshop.com for all the fly woke tees

Our Vice President, Kimberly Simmons, will launch the new book she has co-authored on Monday, January 6th at 7:00 p.m. at Sandwich First Baptist Church. We hope to see you there!

Today, December 10th, is the 71st observance of International Human Rights Day. Human Rights Day is recognized globally as the day when the Universal Declaratio...n of Human Rights (UDHR) was adopted by the United Nations as a clear statement about the rights one has simply for being a human being. Over the years the UDHR has become a document that represents hope for billions of people. So, today is a day that not only causes us to pause to reflect on the horrors of the past, such as slavery, genocide and colonialism, but also on the work that must be undertaken in our struggles ahead for freedom, justice, and equality. Right now, there are plenty of reasons for us to be disappointed, to wonder where our global community is heading. Countries, and even some individuals, that once championed human rights have become chief perpetuators of rights violations. Genocide, crimes against humanity, torture and other forms of cruel and unusual punishment, corruption, and racial discrimination, unfortunately, are still part of our discourse on reality, and are central to how some people want to maintain their power and privilege. Violence against women and girls, human trafficking, reactionary policies against reproductive rights, unbridled patriarchy, and other forms of discrimination against women continue to plague almost all of our societies. Issues such as the elimination of poverty and inequality, and poor peoples access to education, affordable housing, quality health care, clean water and sanitation, safe and sustainable environments, decent work at a livable wage, and to equality before the law remain high on the human rights agenda and all are worthy of our continuing advocacy. But so does our legitimate resistance to political repression such as racist gerrymandering and voter suppression; police brutality; attempts to legislate morality and one version of religious freedom; militarism and gun violence. Despite those challenges and the difficulties we currently confront, I want to encourage all human rights defenders, regardless of the sector you may be working in, to keep the faith, and remain determined, because as our Civil Rights Movement has taught us, progressive social change is a difficult and complicated process. Along the way we may be mistreated, lied on, misunderstood, arrested, or even beaten, simply for defending well recognized human rights standards and fundamental freedoms such as: freedom of association, freedom of assembly, freedom of speech and the right to self-determination. Our diverse social justice movements may have fast starts and hard stops, face unforeseen twists and turns, but we should be remaining confident in knowing that change is gonna come, because oppressed and exploited people will not remain oppressed and exploited forever. Article one of the UDHR says all people are born free and equal in dignity and rights. That is what we are standing up for! That is what we are defending! Keep the faith! #HumanRightsDay [photo of dad outside the United Nations HQ]

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"I grew up in a world where a woman who looks like me, with my kind of skin and my kind of hair, was never considered to be beautiful. I think it is time that t...hat stops today. I want children to look at me and see my face and I want them to see their faces reflected in mine." - Miss Universe 2019, Zozibini Tunzi credit: @missuniverse

Racism is taught.