Pages Tagged With: "African American"

Division-sponsored programs in October 2021

18th century trades, true crime in song and walking tours of a historic cemetery among programs/topics to be explored.




Division’s Carlton Hall speaks at New York preservation conference

Employee discussed his experiences and perspectives as a young, emerging professional in the historic-preservation field.




DSU freshmen present fresh perspectives on Delaware history

Students participated in programs at four Delaware historic sites in July 2015.




DSU students to present fresh perspectives on Delaware history on July 22, 2017

Free interactive, history-related activities to be presented at four historic sites located in Dover, Del.




Former president of Ghana visits John Dickinson Plantation

Leader in Dover to deliver Delaware State University commencement address.




Goodbye Howard

Long-term volunteer Howard Fulcher to leave the division at the end of July 2015.




Gov. Markell pardons Underground Railroad conductor Samuel D. Burris

Delaware man was convicted on Nov. 2, 1847 of aiding slaves escaping from their owners.




Guided visitation to the African burial ground at the John Dickinson Plantation

Programs explore the experiences of the enslaved and free African Americans who lived, labored and died on the John Dickinson Plantation.




Harriet Tubman Day to be celebrated on March 11, 2017

Events to be held at the Delaware History Museum and Friends Meeting House in Wilmington.




History was made here: The Dover Green

Town commons served as a central meeting place for over 200 years.




Honor Dr. King’s legacy with service to the community

People urged to reach out to fellow community members in need through safe, virtual or socially distanced ways.




Intern projects help illuminate lives of enslaved

Archaeology and landscape-design projects to help tell the stories of African Americans who lived and died at the John Dickinson Plantation.




Iron Hill area church added to National Register

African Union Church and Cemetery of Iron Hill, located southwest of Newark, Del., listed on Sept. 9, 2021.




John Dickinson Plantation honored with Award of Excellence

Museum honored for its project “Search, Discovery, and Interpretation of the African Burial Ground at the John Dickinson Plantation.”




John Dickinson Plantation named a member of the International Coalition of Sites of Conscience

A Site of Conscience is a place of memory that confronts both the history of what happened there and its contemporary legacies.




John Dickinson Plantation to add area of reflection for visitors

Project supported, in part, by a $5,000 grant from
the National Trust for Historic Preservation.