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WE Honor – Lisa Blunt Rochester
In 2016 Lisa Blunt Rochester made history when she became the first person of color to represent Delaware in Congress. She began her professional career as a problem-solver and an advocate. A caseworker for then-Congressman Tom Carper, Lisa helped people during...
Interracial Marriage in the United states
Valentine’s Day is all about love but did you know interracial marriages were once illegal and the 2016 movie “Loving” was based on a true story? During the seventeenth and early eighteenth century, the growing number of interracial marriages (also known as...
Covid 19 Update: February 12, 2021
February 12, 2021 Dear Parents/Guardians and Students: We learned that an individual associated with Southern Elementary School has tested positive for COVID-19. The individual was last on campus Thursday, February 5th. This individual will not return to school until...
WE Celebrate: Delaware’s First Black Attorney
In 1929, Louis L. Redding became the first Black lawyer in Delaware. He was a respected civil rights pioneer for Delaware and America. In 1950, Redding compiled a case against the University of Delaware, which barred Black students. But the university's chancellor,...
We Celebrate: Peter Spencer
(1782–1843) Spencer was an American freedman who in 1813 founded the Union Church of Africans in Wilmington, Delaware. The denomination is now known as the African Union First Colored Methodist Protestant Church and Connection, or A.U.M.P. Church for short. Born into...
WE Honor – Lisa Blunt Rochester
In 2016 Lisa Blunt Rochester made history when she became the first person of color to represent Delaware in Congress. She began her professional career as a problem-solver and an advocate. A caseworker for then-Congressman Tom Carper, Lisa helped people during...
Interracial Marriage in the United states
Valentine’s Day is all about love but did you know interracial marriages were once illegal and the 2016 movie “Loving” was based on a true story? During the seventeenth and early eighteenth century, the growing number of interracial marriages (also known as...
Covid 19 Update: February 12, 2021
February 12, 2021 Dear Parents/Guardians and Students: We learned that an individual associated with Southern Elementary School has tested positive for COVID-19. The individual was last on campus Thursday, February 5th. This individual will not return to school until...
WE Celebrate: Delaware’s First Black Attorney
In 1929, Louis L. Redding became the first Black lawyer in Delaware. He was a respected civil rights pioneer for Delaware and America. In 1950, Redding compiled a case against the University of Delaware, which barred Black students. But the university's chancellor,...
We Celebrate: Peter Spencer
(1782–1843) Spencer was an American freedman who in 1813 founded the Union Church of Africans in Wilmington, Delaware. The denomination is now known as the African Union First Colored Methodist Protestant Church and Connection, or A.U.M.P. Church for short. Born into...
WE Honor – Lisa Blunt Rochester
In 2016 Lisa Blunt Rochester made history when she became the first person of color to represent Delaware in Congress. She began her professional career as a problem-solver and an advocate. A caseworker for then-Congressman Tom Carper, Lisa helped people during...
Interracial Marriage in the United states
Valentine’s Day is all about love but did you know interracial marriages were once illegal and the 2016 movie “Loving” was based on a true story? During the seventeenth and early eighteenth century, the growing number of interracial marriages (also known as...
Covid 19 Update: February 12, 2021
February 12, 2021 Dear Parents/Guardians and Students: We learned that an individual associated with Southern Elementary School has tested positive for COVID-19. The individual was last on campus Thursday, February 5th. This individual will not return to school until...
WE Celebrate: Delaware’s First Black Attorney
In 1929, Louis L. Redding became the first Black lawyer in Delaware. He was a respected civil rights pioneer for Delaware and America. In 1950, Redding compiled a case against the University of Delaware, which barred Black students. But the university's chancellor,...
We Celebrate: Peter Spencer
(1782–1843) Spencer was an American freedman who in 1813 founded the Union Church of Africans in Wilmington, Delaware. The denomination is now known as the African Union First Colored Methodist Protestant Church and Connection, or A.U.M.P. Church for short. Born into...
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