Bryan E. Walls

Dr. Bryan Walls is the founder and owner of The John Freeman Walls Historic Site and Underground Railroad Museum in Ontario Canada. He is the great-great grandson of John Freeman Walls, a fugitive slave from Rockingham County, North Carolina. He is a noted historian and Lecturer on Multiculturalism and Diversity Training and president of Proverbs Heritage Organization, a Federally Registered Charitable not for Profit organization. Additionally, he is a visiting and Adjunct Professor in the College of Education at Niagara University Niagara Falls New York teaching Multiculturalism and Diversity to future teachers, in both the Niagara Falls New York and Ontario Campus of Niagara University in Toronto.

Dr. Bryan Walls wrote and self-published the book "The Road that Led to Somewhere", which is officially sold by the seller "Proverbs Heritage Organization" at amazon.com and at the John Freeman Walls Historic Site and Underground Railroad Museum. Visit https://www.undergroundrailroadmuseum.org/ for more information!

The John Freeman Walls Historic Site and Underground Railroad Museum was featured in an article by the New York Times in February 2017: https://www.nytimes.com/2017/02/24/travel/ontario-canada-underground-railroad-slavery.html?_r=0

Education: Dr. Walls began his undergraduate studies at the University of Detroit and completed them at the University of Windsor with a Bachelor of Science Degree 1969. He continued his Education at the University of Toronto, graduating with a Doctor of Dental Surgery Degree (DDS) in 1973.

Dr. Walls continues his passion for education as a Professional Lecturer and Speaker. He has lectured at Police Colleges, C.O. Bick Police College in Toronto for 40 weeks enhancing front line Police Officers Diversity Training and Aylmer Provincial Police College. He has partnered with the University of Windsor and Toronto District School Board and Detroit District School Board annual African Diaspora Student Conference. He also Lectures and conducts seminars at numerous Schools and Churches in both the United States and Canada to teachers and students. He has partnerships with the Motown Historical Museum Hitsville U.S.A, with NASA ( National Aeronautics and Space Administration ) out of Washington D.C., with Mrs Rosa Parks and the Pathways to Freedom Program and with the National Alliance of Faith and Justice out of Washington D.C.

Dr. Walls is married to Anna Marie Walls with Five Children and Eight Grandchildren. He is the son of Clifford and Laverda Walls and nephew to former Canadian heavyweight boxing champion, Earl Walls.

Dr. Walls was the recipient of the Order of Canada in 2003 and Recipient of the Order of Ontario in 1994.

Favourite saying: NEVER, NEVER, NEVER, GIVE UP!