UWindsor librarian Heidi Jacobs is on the long list for the Leacock Medal for Humour Writing for her debut novel, “Molly of the Mall.”
UWindsor librarian Heidi Jacobs is on the long list for the Leacock Medal for Humour Writing for her debut novel, Molly of the Mall.
Librarian Heidi Jacobs will launch her debut novel Sunday.
Librarian Heidi Jacobs will launch her debut novel Sunday.
Comic books bringing to life the championship story of baseball’s Chatham Coloured All-Stars will be distributed to schools and libraries this summer.
Comic books bringing to life the championship story of baseball’s Chatham Coloured All-Stars will be distributed to schools and libraries this summer.
Heidi Jacobs will discuss her work on the Chatham Coloured All-Stars archive in a free public lecture April 25.
Heidi Jacobs will discuss her work on the Chatham Coloured All-Stars archive in a free public lecture April 25.
A reception Tuesday, March 20, will celebrate the accomplishments of UWindsor researchers.
![Dave Johnston, Miriam Wright and Heidi Jacobs were awarded with the Lieutenant Governor's Ontario Heritage Award for Excellence in Conservation for their project Breaking the Colour Barrier: Wilfred "Boomer" Harding and the Chatham Coloured All-Stars (193](http://www.uwindsor.ca/dailynews/sites/uwindsor.ca.dailynews/files/styles/full/public/colourbarrier-2.jpg?itok=_lKrIf97 "Dave Johnston, Miriam Wright and Heidi Jacobs were awarded with the Lieutenant Governor's Ontario Heritage Award for Excellence in Conservation for their project Breaking the Colour Barrier: Wilfred "Boomer" Harding and the Chatham Coloured All-Stars (193")
Dave Johnston, Miriam Wright and Heidi Jacobs were awarded with the Lieutenant Governor's Ontario Heritage Award for Excellence in Conservation for their project Breaking the Colour Barrier: Wilfred "Boomer" Harding and the Chatham Coloured All-Stars (1932-1939).
There were no easy games for the Chatham Coloured All-Stars.
It's what Wilfred "Boomer" Harding recalled decades after his team was forced to overcome adversity both on and off the baseball diamond to become champions of the Ontario Baseball Amateur Association's Intermediate B-1 class in 1934.
That road to the championship game was onerous.
The Black baseball team travelled across the province to compete in games, often being denied accommodations and forced to continue driving in precarious conditions before eventually reaching a welcome refuge.
A set of 21 baseball cards celebrates the players who made up the barrier-breaking baseball team, the Chatham Coloured All-Stars.
The Chimczuk Museum will celebrate Black History Month with free admission Thursday and the opening of a display by UWindsor researchers.
Images by cartoonist Scott Chantler are part of a collection celebrating the Chatham Coloured All-Stars, the first black team to win an Ontario Baseball Association provincial championship.
A public archive documents and celebrates the legacy of the Chatham Coloured All-Stars.
Wilfred (Boomer) Harding, a pioneering multi-sport athlete, is the subject of a retrospective project by UWindsor researchers.
Wilfred (Boomer) Harding, a pioneering multi-sport athlete, is the subject of a retrospective project by UWindsor researchers.
Despite its proximity to the Ambassador Bridge, the Leddy Library will not lease its roof for a customs plaza.
Despite its proximity to the Ambassador Bridge, the Leddy Library will not lease its roof for a customs plaza.
