Locating Delaware’s DuPont “Colored” Schools
The Story of the DuPont “Colored” Schools In the 1920s -1930s, as part of a large-scale rebuilding campaign spearheaded by the Delaware School Auxiliary Association (DSAA), industrialist and philanthropist Pierre […]
Museums of the State of Delaware open for Juneteenth
Holiday commemorates the emancipation of enslaved people in the United States.
Negro Travelers’ Green Book program at the New Castle Court House Museum on March 16, 2019
Program on the travel and vacation guidebook for people of color during the segregation era
Never to be forgotten or lost again
John Dickinson Plantation burial ground for enslaved men, women and children, and for free African Americans who died on the site, to be preserved and interpreted.
Old State House holds public program for Summers family reunion
Family members enjoyed a program on the true story of one of their ancestors—James Summers, a free Black man who manumitted his own children in 1797.
PROGRAM RESCHEDULED–‘Listen Up! African-American History’ program at Dover, Del.’s Old State House rescheduled from Feb. 4 to March, 11, 2017
Program features local youth performing their own spoken-word compositions that bring to light the history of Delaware’s African-Americans and women.
Ron Whittington to portray Hall of Famer William ‘Judy’ Johnson at the New Castle Court House Museum on July 20, 2019
Program explores the history of the Negro baseball leagues prior to Jackie Robinson’s breaking of the color barrier in the major leagues.
Site of purported African-American cemetery discovered near Frankford
Development slated for nearby property.
St. Paul AME Church in Harrington added to the National Register of Historic Places
Church has served Harrington’s Black community since 1895.
State Historic Preservation Office announces Delaware’s newest listings in the National Register of Historic Places
New listings include the Downtown Harrington Historic District, the Richard Allen School and the Taylor’s Bridge School.
Statement about unauthorized media images of the John Dickinson Plantation burial ground
Dignity of those interred must be respected.
The Green Book: Acclaimed guide included Delaware locations for travelers of color
During the Jim Crow era, an annual travel guide for the African American community helped readers find places to eat and sleep. In Delaware, 17 properties are listed statewide. Read on to learn more about the importance of the Delaware Green Book.
Two additional Delaware properties listed in the National Register of Historic Places
St. Stephen’s Protestant Episcopal Church in Harrington and the Union Wesley Methodist Episcopal Church Complex in Clarksville are the most recent listings.
Video explores genetic background of eight white and three Black people who lived at Avery’s Rest, a 17th century Delaware homestead
Research helps provide a greater understanding of the early colonial history of European and African persons in Delaware.
Video explores the lives of four enslaved people and an abolitionist
Created in celebration of Delaware Day which honors the anniversary of Delaware becoming the first state to ratify the U.S. Constitution on Dec. 7, 1787.
Watch C-SPAN Segments Filmed in Dover, Del.
Beginning on July 20, 2013, C-SPAN, the public-affairs television network, will be posting 13 television segments on its website featuring the literary life and history of Delaware’s capital city of […]