Descendent community public forum set for April 13
The public is invited to learn more about the inclusive work being done at the John Dickinson Plantation and through the formation of a Descendant Community Engagement Group.
Details in Delaware: The Green Book
Throughout Delaware, you can find places that were once featured in The Green Book, which offered safe travel information for African Americans.
Dickinson/Zwaanendael museums add Tuesday hours
Both museums now open Tuesday through Saturday.
Diversity in Delaware History Webinar Series
Series provides a historical context to understand the complex and often difficult role that race has played in the history of the United States and the state of Delaware.
Division celebrates African American History Month 2021
Five free, virtual programs streamed live on the Web.
Division celebrates African American History Month 2022
Five of the month’s six events celebrate the invaluable contributions that the Black community has made to the culture and history of the United States.
Division celebrates Black History Month 2023
Eight of the month’s events celebrate the invaluable contributions that the African American community has made to the culture and history of the United States.
Division partners with Univ. of Delaware internship program
Three history majors in the University of Delaware’s E. Lyman Stewart Internship Program worked for the division during the summer of 2021.
Division-sponsored programs in June 2022
Tours, lectures and Separation Day activities to be featured.
Division-sponsored programs in November 2021
A folk music concert, and programs celebrating Dutch American Heritage Day and National Native American Heritage Month among events/topics to be explored.
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.
Enhanced digital spreadsheet offers redesign of Plantation Stories Project
The public will soon be able to explore information on a handful of the free and enslaved people who lived, worked and died at the John Dickinson Plantation through an enhanced online spreadsheet that is part of a larger Plantations Stories Project.
History was made here: The Dover Green
Town commons served as a central meeting place for over 200 years.
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.
Introducing the Division’s new quarterly Black history feature
Learn about the Reverend Peter Spencer, who had a hand in the creation of the path of African American churches and related festivals, in the first of a series of Black history features from our staff.
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.