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Many African American schools endure

Ron MacArthur
1 year ago
In my last column, I wrote about the du Pont schools for African American students in a state where...

Du Pont Experiment includes African American schools

Ron MacArthur
1 year ago
It’s a chapter of county history that needs to be told and retold so we never forget how terrible...

Rehoboth Colored School in 1923

3 years ago
Delaware schools were segregated in 1923 when this “colored school” was built on the state highway...

DuPont schools history program set Oct. 8

6 years ago
The Southern Delaware Alliance for Racial Justice will host Delaware historian and lecturer Syl...

The schools that P.S. du Pont built

6 years ago
Historian Syl Woolford presented a lecture at Lewes Historical Society Feb. 15 about the building...

In Delaware, school segregation persisted until 1967

Henry J. Evans Jr
11 years ago
Separate but equal was a Supreme Court doctrine that held racial segregation was constitutional as...
Barefootin'

Lewes Mason’s Norwegian and P.S. du Pont connections

Dennis Forney
12 years ago
Several months ago, when Bill Reardon was on his deathbed, we spoke about Pierre S. du Pont and all...
Barefootin'

Connecting the dots between Lewes and P.S. duPont

Dennis Forney
12 years ago
Bill Reardon opened a historical window for me recently, and I’m still looking through to see what...

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