Delaware Passes the John Lewis Voting Rights Act
Historic legislation gives the state its own shield against voter suppression — and names it after a civil rights giant.
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Delaware Creates a Permanent African American Heritage Commission
In a vote with zero opposition in either chamber, the General Assembly affirms that Black history is Delaware’s history.
The Black History of Memorial Day You Were Never Taught
Most people think Memorial Day came from Congress. It didn’t. The real story starts with freed Black Americans in 1865. The black history of Memorial Day is powerful — and it’s been overlooked for too long.
Samuel Eli Cornish: Editor of the First Black Newspaper in the United States
Samuel Eli Cornish was born in 1795 to free parents of mixed race and lived in the vicinity of Georgetown in Sussex County. A journalist, he was also an ordained Presbyterian minister, abolitionist, and publisher.
The Happy Day Club: A Refuge, a Stage, and a Community Lifeline in Segregation-Era Lewes
Long before West Fourth Street was renamed Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Way, the corner of Fourth and DuPont Avenue in Lewes, Delaware held one of the most vital institutions in the region’s Black community: the Happy Day Club.
The New Issue of Black Voices is Available Online
Read the latest issue of Black Voices. Volume 19, Our County, Our Country: Black History at America’s 250th Anniversary