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The article below was published in the January 25, 2021 edition of Delaware Online.

Charlotte King is chair and co-creator of the Southern Delaware Alliance for Racial Justice, a non-partisan organization focused on ending racism and the effects of it. The organization, which began in 2015, has regular meetings that connect people of all different backgrounds to learn from one another. The organization also provides scholarships to students for pursue higher education. King was one of the leaders who planned and marched in peaceful protests over the summer after the death of George Floyd. She was awarded a Kandler Award from the American Civil Liberties Union in 2019 for her work.

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Dear Members and Friends,

Below is the SDARJ’s response to the Insurrection led by those white Americans who put their priviledge and entitlement before their love and commitment to Country.

January 6, 2021

What a devastating day for America. Instead of watching what would normally be the ceremonial congressional certification of the presidential election, the majority’s vote, we watched instead thousands of overwhelmingly white men and women storm the Capitol in an attempt to prevent Congress from doing just that. This day struck a frightening and devastating blow to the rule of law and to the dream of our democracy, and was indeed the pinnacle (let’s hope not just the beginning) of the horrible division of our country. And it raised again the specter of our unequal justice system.

Yes, eventually the National Guard was called out. Yes, the Capitol was cleared of the mob. Yes, a curfew was established, though not obeyed. But not until the rioters had broken into congressional chambers, until one of them sat at Nancy Pelosi’s desk, his feet up, a threatening note written, not until the confederate flag was brandished inside the building and those acting from their white privilege, born of white supremacy, were shouting “freedom” as they wreaked havoc on the building and terrorized those working inside. Yet, how quickly the National Guard was called to the peaceful protest at Lafayette Square, comprised of both Black and white people. As President Trump walked with his upside down bible to St. John’s, these people were being tear gassed, having done nothing but stand together and ask for justice.

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Dr. Anthony Fauci and Dr. Kizzmekia Corbett lead a host of top medical professionals as they discuss the vaccine, distribution, and next steps for Black Americans.

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MLB Retrospectively Elevates Negro Leagues to Major League Status

The move grants recognition to some of baseball’s pioneers from 1920 to 1948 and immediately rewrites the game’s record books

By Jared Diamond
Dec. 16, 2020 12:44 pm ET

Major League Baseball announced Wednesday that it was “correcting a longtime oversight in the game’s history” by elevating the Negro Leagues from 1920 through 1948 to major-league status, a move that recognizes the sport’s long-excluded Black pioneers and immediately rewrites baseball’s record books.

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Cape Gazette
December 2, 2020

In the wake of the hate crime against Lewes leaders of the Southern Delaware Alliance for Racial Justice, the Nov. 21 Hate Has No Home Here webinar was an inspiring event that enjoined to people work proactively to dispel the ignorance and fear that drive acts of racism and homophobia.

The SDARJ Youth Education Group has been working to educate local high school students. Its team members have put together four 90-minute, interactive Zoom workshops to be offered in the spring on these topics: Cultural Competence, Antiracism, History of Slavery in Delaware, and Great Contributions to the American Fabric by African Americans.

Read the full Cape Gazette article here.