NEWS RELEASE
GUELPH BLACK HERITAGE SOCIETY
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The GBHS in collaboration with the Congress of Black Women - Waterloo Chapter, are pleased to present a performance of Leslie McCurdy's Things my Fore Sisters Saw on Saturday, June 29, 2019 at the Heritage Hall, 83 Essex St., Guelph.
In this one-woman play, you will meet women of African descent who affected change in Canada: Marie-Joseph Angelique, a slave who was said to have burned down "half" of Montreal from whom we have the first slave narrative in North America; Rose Fortune, North America’s first "policewoman" who helped "freedom seekers" settle in Annapolis Royal Nova Scotia; Mary-Ann Shadd, the first North American woman to publish and edit a newspaper, amongst other things; and Viola Desmond who refused to give up a seat to segregation well before the celebrated Rosa Parks and the face of the $10 bill.
Doors open at 6:30 p.m., performance starts at 7 p.m. Suggested donation $10.
To reserve your seat, click here
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