2026 Summer Volunteer Opportunities
Summer volunteer opportunities. Volunteering with the Southern Delaware Alliance for Racial Justice (SDARJ) is one of the most meaningful ways to put your values into action.
SDARJ News & Announcements
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.
Response to the Voting Rights Act Ruling: How America Is Reacting to Louisiana v. Callais
The response to the Voting Rights Act ruling in Louisiana v. Callais continues tointensify — from Louisiana’s new map advancing in committee to SCOTUS vacating redistrictingrulings in Mississippi and North Dakota. Here’s the latest.
Echoes of Resilience: A Journey Through Western Sussex County’s History
The Southern Delaware Alliance for Racial Justice (SDARJ) recently hosted a powerful and eye-opening African American historical bus tour through Western Sussex County.
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.