In the late 1800s, Harriet Tubman and other “conductors” led escaped enslaved people from the South to safety in the North via the Underground Railroad. One of the last stops before reaching freedom was northern Delaware. Celebrate this region’s African American heritage during Black History Month (February) and all year Read more…
I wonder how she did it. Looking back, I really do. I remember her taking time with each class. As I remember, she got the younger children started on a project, maybe painting or going over our ABCs or our numbers. Then she would go on to the next class Read more…
On Sunday October 16, 1960, three days before the October 19 Atlanta sit ins where Martin Luther King, Jr. was arrested and jailed, the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee concluded a three-day meeting at Mt. Moriah Baptist Church in Atlanta. Numerous individuals spoke that day, including Howard student and vice president of the Read more…