The Essex County Black Historical Research Society has commissioned three new historical murals in the heart of the McDougall Street Corridor the city’s traditional Black neighbourhood.
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The Essex County Black Historical Research Society unveiled three new murals near downtown Thursday memorializing the lives and legacies of historic Windsor residents.
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WINDSOR, ONT. Artist Jermaine Baylis felt disrespected when he heard a mural he and his brother created for the Town of Sandwich had been defaced. It’s very disappointing, disheartening that someone would stop to that level, said Baylis. The mural at Patterson Park in Sandwich near Detroit Street celebrates the town’s black history. Someone spray painted a blue blotch on the face of Howard Walkins who is known as the country’s second African-Canadian detective. Ward 2 City Councillor, Fabio Costante says Windsor police have been notified and are investigating. Upon further inspection Costante also noticed a couple of dents and a long scratch mark on the mural which was relocated to its current home a couple of years ago.