Chatham-Kent Black Historical Society and Black Mecca Museum: Black History Collection - Seeing Canada Series.
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Chatham-Kent Black Historical Society and Black Mecca Museum: Black History Collection - Seeing Canada Series.
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Journalist, Brandy Yanchyk, travels to Chatham, Ontario to visit the Black Mecca Museum, the BME Freedom Park and meet with members of the Chatham-Kent Black Historical Society. The Black Mecca Museum is run by the Chatham-Kent Black Historical Society and tells the story of Chatham's Black community from the end of the 18th century to the present day. At the BME Freedom Park Brandy meets with members of the Chatham-Kent Black Historical Society Dorothy Wright Wallace and her granddaughter Deirdre McCorkindale. This experience is part of her Seeing Canada season three travel series. In this episode of season three Brandy Yanchyk travels to Southern Ontario to learn about the Underground Railroad and the history of the Freedom Seekers who came to Canada and helped build a large, vibrant Black community in the country.
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