Education--Delaware--History--20th century
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Scope Note: http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85040989
Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:
Desegregation of Delaware collection
Collection
Identifier: MSS 0104
Abstract
The collection consists of reports, articles, and other papers related to desegregation which were collected as resource files by Abigail Covelli. Delaware started a desegregation project in the public school system in the mid 1970s, and the bulk of the collection relates to this project.
Dates:
1960-1982; Majority of material found within 1974-1976
Clarice U. Heckert papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS 0841
Abstract
Clarice U. Heckert (1911-2005), a Republican and community activist, served as representative to the Delaware General Assembly in the 11th (1965-1968) and the 9th districts (1969-1974), in the Wilmington area, between 1964 and 1974.The Clarice U. Heckert papers document the decade-long political career of a northern Delaware woman in the Delaware General Assembly during the mid-twentieth century.
Dates:
1960-1984; Majority of material found within 1966-1972
HIST 268 Oral History Interviews: African Americans and the University of Delaware collection
Collection
Identifier: MSS 0989
Abstract
The oral history interviews in this collection were collected by the students in Dr. Roger Horowitz's HIST 268 section, "Oral History: African Americans and the University of Delaware" class, offered in the fall semesters of 2021 and 2023. Students conducted 35 interviews, with participants drawn from two principal communities: African American alumni of the University of Delaware and residents of the Newark, Delaware's New London Road/Cleveland Avenue neighborhood. Their recollections are...
Dates:
2021, 2023