Civil rights--Delaware--History--20th century
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Scope Note: http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85026371
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
Frank E. and Anna Hayes Owens family papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS 0680
Abstract
The Frank E. and Anna Hayes Owens family papers comprises 14.3 linear feet of materials, spanning the dates between 1900 and 2011, and includes correspondence, manuscripts, photographs, travel brochures, reel-to-reel tapes, magazines, fanzines, and other materials documenting intergenerational American family life in Delaware.
Dates:
circa 1900-2011
Virginia Tryon Smilack collection relating to the desegregation of Claymont, DE
Collection
Identifier: MSS 0855
Abstract
Virginia Tryon Smilack is the daughter of the late Dr. Sager Tryon, former Vice President of the Claymont, Delaware School Board. During his tenure, the school board was the first in the state to desegregate a public school in 1952, two years before the 1954 Supreme Court decision of Brown v. Board of Education. These cases were part of a total of five lawsuits that were part of Brown v. Board, and were used as an example that integration...
Dates:
1995-2004