This Week’s Top Stories Include Final petals fall as Flowers by Yukie closes after 40+ years Three Delaware sites tied to desegregation efforts join National Historical Park No. 7 William Penn hands No. 2 St E’s first in-state loss Click on the image below to view the PDF Sonja Frey
Delaware’s history in Brown v. Board honored with memorial
A new monument in Dover marks Delaware’s role in the desegregation of American schools the day before the country celebrates the 70th anniversary of the Brown v. Board of Education Supreme Court case. Community members, authors, historians and legislators joined Thursday morning to unveil the memorial on the grounds of Legislative Hall. “Whenever people put stumbling blocks in your way, …
Town Square LIVE Weekly Review – Dec. 15, 2022
Click on the image below to view the PDF This Week’s Top Headlines Include: Community Uncle John’s BBQ opens in former Claymont gas station Wilmington police chief selected to lead St. Louis PD Business Walgreens, CVS to pay Delaware $43.6M opioid settlement Government DE Supreme Court explains decision to overturn vote-by-mail Carney extends health emergency to protect hospital capacity Rental …
Hockessin Colored School No. 107 opens as historic site
A school building in Hockessin instrumental to the U.S. Supreme Court’s Brown v. Board of Education ruling that desegregated public schools will enter a new chapter driven by diversity, inclusion and equity. Hockessin Colored School No. 107, which operated from 1920 to 1959, was a one-room schoolhouse built to serve Black children who were not allowed to attend school with …