{"id":1418,"date":"2014-04-04T02:21:16","date_gmt":"2014-04-04T02:21:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.dixonhistory.com\/news\/?p=1418"},"modified":"2023-11-16T22:19:34","modified_gmt":"2023-11-17T03:19:34","slug":"delaware-african-american-newspaper","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dixonhistory.com\/news\/delaware-african-american-newspaper\/","title":{"rendered":"Delaware African-American Newspapers Chronicle the Local Story"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"The<\/a>
The Delaware Reporter, Wilmington, July 12, 1940., Vol. 1., No. 1<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Delaware has a strong collection of old newspapers available for historical and genealogical research.\u00a0 These serials, including the city dailies in Wilmington and many weeklies in communities all over New Castle, Kent, and Sussex counties, provide an invaluable resource for those studying the past.\u00a0 But, too, there is a seldom-used collection of African-American newspapers published by and for the Black community in the First State.<\/p>\n

The Wilmington Herald Times was one of those.\u00a0 Published every Friday in Wilmington in 1941 and 1942 by Eustace Gay, the weekly said it was \u201cDelaware\u2019s largest colored newspaper.\u201d \u00a0In 1942 it became an edition of the Philadelphia Tribune, although Editor Gay continued his local responsibilities, covering the Delaware beat.<\/p>\n

The Delaware Reporter, published by J. Alexis DuBois, was another product.\u00a0 In the July 12, 1940, issue, it said it was \u201cborn today for the purpose of filling a long felt need, a newspaper in Wilmington and downstate that gives the essential news of the various activities of Colored people and their white friends . . . \u00a0\u00a0Heretofore the space given to Colored people\u2019s activities by the out-of-town papers and the daily, has been lamentably meager.\u00a0 Too many of the interesting social, fraternal, religious, and political activities among the colored people of Delaware have remained unchronicled.\u00a0 So the Delaware reporter comes to you today for the first time to publish some of the important news that its publisher can gather.\u201d<\/p>\n

There are other briefly published titles on microfilm reel 619 at the University of Delaware, including the Delaware Abolitionist, published by the Delaware Anti-Slavery Society, and \u201cdevoted to Emancipation in Delaware, which circulated in 1848.\u00a0 The Advance, another Wilmington paper, was distributed around the turn-of-the-twentieth-century, the Delaware Spectator (1974-1975), Delaware Observer (1968) and the Front Page (1945) published by Eugene K. Ross,<\/p>\n

Here are two examples of front-page news from the volumes.\u00a0 The issue before the Wilmington City Council in December 1941 was the employment of African-Americans as city firefighters.\u00a0 When the Board went on the record as favoring the appointment of African-American firefighters, the newspaper observed that the \u201cstartling pronouncement was a direct reversal of the former attitude.\u201d Still, the city did say it might create a segregated firefighting unit. Hospital reform was the subject covered by the Delaware Reporter in July 1940 since the City lagged \u201cfar behind in its hospital provisions\u201d for the African-American Community.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Of course, there was plenty of social, personal, civic, and family news, which a researcher will find helpful.<\/p>\n

The nation\u2019s large cities, places such as nearby Baltimore and Philadelphia, had strong, long-running\u00a0 Black papers, providing unique coverage of interest to the community.\u00a0 And while those papers sometimes covered Delaware, these broadsheets were based here, chronicling the local story.\u00a0 Although their existence was brief, they are helpful products for understanding the past during the time they rolled off the printing press.<\/p>\n

In the years subscribers received these titles, they provided a wealth of information as the editors and reporters worked to cover Delaware events of the day of interest to the Black community.\u00a0 In those old pages are political and social news, obituaries, letters to the editor, and fresh insights.<\/p>\n

These newspapers are found at the University of Delaware and microfilm reel 619.\u00a0 If you need an African American newspaper from Delaware, check out these titles.<\/a><\/p>\n

\"An<\/a>
A Wilmington newspaper, the Front Page, April 6, 1945, salutes Wilmington’s men fighting in World War II.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Wilmington's<\/a>
Wilmington’s Herald Times, Nov. 8, 1941<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Delaware has a strong collection of old newspapers available for historical and genealogical research.\u00a0 These serials, including the city dailies in Wilmington and many weeklies in communities all over New Castle, Kent, and Sussex counties, provide an invaluable resource for those studying the past.\u00a0 But, too, there is a seldom-used collection of African-American newspapers published…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1418","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"\nDelaware African-American Newspapers Chronicle the Local Story -<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Delaware has African American newspapers bringing community news to the State of Delaware on a regular basis.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dixonhistory.com\/news\/delaware-african-american-newspaper\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Delaware African-American Newspapers Chronicle the Local Story -\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Delaware has African American newspapers bringing community news to the State of Delaware on a regular basis.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.dixonhistory.com\/news\/delaware-african-american-newspaper\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Mike's History Blog\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2014-04-04T02:21:16+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2023-11-17T03:19:34+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"http:\/\/www.dixonhistory.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/2014-04-03_22-21-24.jpg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Mike\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@dixonhistory\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@dixonhistory\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Mike\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"4 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.dixonhistory.com\\\/news\\\/delaware-african-american-newspaper\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.dixonhistory.com\\\/news\\\/delaware-african-american-newspaper\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Mike\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.dixonhistory.com\\\/news\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/5c3eab0b11cf9e25c353fd304278ed6a\"},\"headline\":\"Delaware African-American Newspapers Chronicle the Local Story\",\"datePublished\":\"2014-04-04T02:21:16+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2023-11-17T03:19:34+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.dixonhistory.com\\\/news\\\/delaware-african-american-newspaper\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":592,\"commentCount\":0,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.dixonhistory.com\\\/news\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/5c3eab0b11cf9e25c353fd304278ed6a\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.dixonhistory.com\\\/news\\\/delaware-african-american-newspaper\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"http:\\\/\\\/www.dixonhistory.com\\\/news\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2014\\\/04\\\/2014-04-03_22-21-24.jpg\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.dixonhistory.com\\\/news\\\/delaware-african-american-newspaper\\\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.dixonhistory.com\\\/news\\\/delaware-african-american-newspaper\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.dixonhistory.com\\\/news\\\/delaware-african-american-newspaper\\\/\",\"name\":\"Delaware African-American Newspapers Chronicle the Local Story -\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.dixonhistory.com\\\/news\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.dixonhistory.com\\\/news\\\/delaware-african-american-newspaper\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.dixonhistory.com\\\/news\\\/delaware-african-american-newspaper\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"http:\\\/\\\/www.dixonhistory.com\\\/news\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2014\\\/04\\\/2014-04-03_22-21-24.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2014-04-04T02:21:16+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2023-11-17T03:19:34+00:00\",\"description\":\"Delaware has African American newspapers bringing community news to the State of Delaware on a regular basis.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.dixonhistory.com\\\/news\\\/delaware-african-american-newspaper\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.dixonhistory.com\\\/news\\\/delaware-african-american-newspaper\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.dixonhistory.com\\\/news\\\/delaware-african-american-newspaper\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"http:\\\/\\\/www.dixonhistory.com\\\/news\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2014\\\/04\\\/2014-04-03_22-21-24.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"http:\\\/\\\/www.dixonhistory.com\\\/news\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2014\\\/04\\\/2014-04-03_22-21-24.jpg\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.dixonhistory.com\\\/news\\\/delaware-african-american-newspaper\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.dixonhistory.com\\\/news\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Delaware African-American Newspapers Chronicle the Local Story\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.dixonhistory.com\\\/news\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.dixonhistory.com\\\/news\\\/\",\"name\":\"Mike's History Blog\",\"description\":\"Reflections & News About Working With the Past\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.dixonhistory.com\\\/news\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/5c3eab0b11cf9e25c353fd304278ed6a\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.dixonhistory.com\\\/news\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":[\"Person\",\"Organization\"],\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.dixonhistory.com\\\/news\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/5c3eab0b11cf9e25c353fd304278ed6a\",\"name\":\"Mike\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/b3288a2c884d3b3a326864a1928f04094551b5cfcc972298b58143e9df2011a8?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/b3288a2c884d3b3a326864a1928f04094551b5cfcc972298b58143e9df2011a8?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/b3288a2c884d3b3a326864a1928f04094551b5cfcc972298b58143e9df2011a8?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Mike\"},\"logo\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/b3288a2c884d3b3a326864a1928f04094551b5cfcc972298b58143e9df2011a8?s=96&d=mm&r=g\"}}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Delaware African-American Newspapers Chronicle the Local Story -","description":"Delaware has African American newspapers bringing community news to the State of Delaware on a regular basis.","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.dixonhistory.com\/news\/delaware-african-american-newspaper\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Delaware African-American Newspapers Chronicle the Local Story -","og_description":"Delaware has African American newspapers bringing community news to the State of Delaware on a regular basis.","og_url":"https:\/\/www.dixonhistory.com\/news\/delaware-african-american-newspaper\/","og_site_name":"Mike's History Blog","article_published_time":"2014-04-04T02:21:16+00:00","article_modified_time":"2023-11-17T03:19:34+00:00","og_image":[{"url":"http:\/\/www.dixonhistory.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/2014-04-03_22-21-24.jpg","type":"","width":"","height":""}],"author":"Mike","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@dixonhistory","twitter_site":"@dixonhistory","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Mike","Est. reading time":"4 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.dixonhistory.com\/news\/delaware-african-american-newspaper\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.dixonhistory.com\/news\/delaware-african-american-newspaper\/"},"author":{"name":"Mike","@id":"https:\/\/www.dixonhistory.com\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/5c3eab0b11cf9e25c353fd304278ed6a"},"headline":"Delaware African-American Newspapers Chronicle the Local Story","datePublished":"2014-04-04T02:21:16+00:00","dateModified":"2023-11-17T03:19:34+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.dixonhistory.com\/news\/delaware-african-american-newspaper\/"},"wordCount":592,"commentCount":0,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.dixonhistory.com\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/5c3eab0b11cf9e25c353fd304278ed6a"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.dixonhistory.com\/news\/delaware-african-american-newspaper\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"http:\/\/www.dixonhistory.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/2014-04-03_22-21-24.jpg","inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/www.dixonhistory.com\/news\/delaware-african-american-newspaper\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.dixonhistory.com\/news\/delaware-african-american-newspaper\/","url":"https:\/\/www.dixonhistory.com\/news\/delaware-african-american-newspaper\/","name":"Delaware African-American Newspapers Chronicle the Local Story -","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.dixonhistory.com\/news\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.dixonhistory.com\/news\/delaware-african-american-newspaper\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.dixonhistory.com\/news\/delaware-african-american-newspaper\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"http:\/\/www.dixonhistory.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/2014-04-03_22-21-24.jpg","datePublished":"2014-04-04T02:21:16+00:00","dateModified":"2023-11-17T03:19:34+00:00","description":"Delaware has African American newspapers bringing community news to the State of Delaware on a regular basis.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.dixonhistory.com\/news\/delaware-african-american-newspaper\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.dixonhistory.com\/news\/delaware-african-american-newspaper\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.dixonhistory.com\/news\/delaware-african-american-newspaper\/#primaryimage","url":"http:\/\/www.dixonhistory.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/2014-04-03_22-21-24.jpg","contentUrl":"http:\/\/www.dixonhistory.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/2014-04-03_22-21-24.jpg"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.dixonhistory.com\/news\/delaware-african-american-newspaper\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.dixonhistory.com\/news\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Delaware African-American Newspapers Chronicle the Local Story"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.dixonhistory.com\/news\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.dixonhistory.com\/news\/","name":"Mike's History Blog","description":"Reflections & News About Working With the Past","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.dixonhistory.com\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/5c3eab0b11cf9e25c353fd304278ed6a"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.dixonhistory.com\/news\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":["Person","Organization"],"@id":"https:\/\/www.dixonhistory.com\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/5c3eab0b11cf9e25c353fd304278ed6a","name":"Mike","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/b3288a2c884d3b3a326864a1928f04094551b5cfcc972298b58143e9df2011a8?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/b3288a2c884d3b3a326864a1928f04094551b5cfcc972298b58143e9df2011a8?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/b3288a2c884d3b3a326864a1928f04094551b5cfcc972298b58143e9df2011a8?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Mike"},"logo":{"@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/b3288a2c884d3b3a326864a1928f04094551b5cfcc972298b58143e9df2011a8?s=96&d=mm&r=g"}}]}},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p2IGzo-mS","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1331,"url":"https:\/\/www.dixonhistory.com\/news\/wilmington-free-library-has-valuable-storehouse-of-information-in-the-delaware-index\/","url_meta":{"origin":1418,"position":0},"title":"Wilmington Library Has Valuable Storehouse of Information in the Delaware Index","author":"Mike","date":"January 6, 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"The Wilmington Library, established in 1788, has been collecting Delaware materials for centuries, and the reference department has many useful resources.\u00a0\u00a0But one gem that should not be overlooked is the \u201cDelaware Index,\u201d a unique pre-computer age catalog of 3 x 5 cards and vertical files with materials from 1922 to\u2026","rel":"","context":"Similar post","block_context":{"text":"Similar post","link":""},"img":{"alt_text":"Delaware Index at the Wilmington Library","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.dixonhistory.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/wilmington-053a-300x206.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":1529,"url":"https:\/\/www.dixonhistory.com\/news\/wilmington-free-library-has-valuable-storehouse-of-information-in-the-delaware-collection\/","url_meta":{"origin":1418,"position":1},"title":"Wilmington Library Has Valuable Storehouse of Information in the Delaware Collection","author":"Mike","date":"July 27, 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"The Wilmington Library, a newly renovated center city landmark, has been collecting Delaware materials for centuries, and it has many useful resources in the \u201cDelaware Room.\u201d Genealogists, local history researchers, and the public will find gems that should not be overlooked in this reference department. \u00a0City directories (beginning in 1814),\u2026","rel":"","context":"Similar post","block_context":{"text":"Similar post","link":""},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.dixonhistory.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/prohibition-054ar.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.dixonhistory.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/prohibition-054ar.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.dixonhistory.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/prohibition-054ar.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.dixonhistory.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/prohibition-054ar.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.dixonhistory.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/prohibition-054ar.jpg?resize=1050%2C600&ssl=1 3x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.dixonhistory.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/prohibition-054ar.jpg?resize=1400%2C800&ssl=1 4x"},"classes":[]},{"id":2568,"url":"https:\/\/www.dixonhistory.com\/news\/delaware-libraries-serve-during-pandemic\/","url_meta":{"origin":1418,"position":2},"title":"Delaware Libraries & Archives Facilitate Research During Pandemic","author":"Mike","date":"September 26, 2020","format":false,"excerpt":"When COVID-19 disrupted everyday life in March, the research I had been working on for over a year, the pandemic of 1918, took on greater urgency.\u00a0 But, the storehouses of primary documents I needed to provide deeper insight for the investigation closed.\u00a0 Of course, I mined the great abundance of\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Spanish Flu"","block_context":{"text":"Spanish Flu","link":"https:\/\/www.dixonhistory.com\/news\/category\/spanish-flu\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.dixonhistory.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/delaware-hospital-osteophatic.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.dixonhistory.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/delaware-hospital-osteophatic.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.dixonhistory.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/delaware-hospital-osteophatic.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.dixonhistory.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/delaware-hospital-osteophatic.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":4669,"url":"https:\/\/www.dixonhistory.com\/news\/integrating-delaware-nursing-schools\/","url_meta":{"origin":1418,"position":3},"title":"Integrating Delaware Nursing Schools","author":"Mike","date":"May 13, 2023","format":false,"excerpt":"I am researching the struggle for equality in healthcare, a lesser-known dimension of the civil rights movement. Although the U.S. Supreme Court dealt a blow to \"separate but equal\" in public schools in 1954, segregation persisted for years in medicine. However, by the mid-1960s, a combination of protests, federal legislation,\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "African American History"","block_context":{"text":"African American History","link":"https:\/\/www.dixonhistory.com\/news\/category\/african-american-history\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.dixonhistory.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/346653239_202216628834164_8463174498012950309_n.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.dixonhistory.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/346653239_202216628834164_8463174498012950309_n.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.dixonhistory.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/346653239_202216628834164_8463174498012950309_n.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x"},"classes":[]},{"id":834,"url":"https:\/\/www.dixonhistory.com\/news\/making-sure-fallen-officers-from-long-ago-are-not-forgotten-in-delaware-and-maryland\/","url_meta":{"origin":1418,"position":4},"title":"Making Sure Fallen Officers from Long Ago are not Forgotten in Delaware and Maryland","author":"Mike","date":"January 9, 2013","format":false,"excerpt":"Occasionally while doing a study on some subject related to criminal justice history, I\u2019ll find some hint in the old records related to a long forgotten, undocumented fallen police officer. When that happens, I pick up the evidentiary traces and follow the trail back through the old sources, to make\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Community Service"","block_context":{"text":"Community Service","link":"https:\/\/www.dixonhistory.com\/news\/category\/community-service\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"An officer makes a call from a Wilmington police call box.","src":"https:\/\/delmarvahistory.files.wordpress.com\/2010\/06\/wilmington-police-call-box.jpg?w=350&h=200&crop=1","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":4006,"url":"https:\/\/www.dixonhistory.com\/news\/wilmington-newspaper\/","url_meta":{"origin":1418,"position":5},"title":"Wilmington Newspaper, The Sunday Star, Available on Google Archive","author":"Mike","date":"November 11, 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"After Google launched an ambitious project in 2008 to\u00a0digitize many local newspapers,\u00a0the giant e-content provider\u00a0scanned\u00a0about 2,000 publications, including a Wilmington newspaper,\u00a0the\u00a0Sunday Morning Star. The whole wide world in your home. Delaware's only Sunday Newspaper. \u00a0In the era when many dailies didn\u2019t have\u00a0Sunday editions, these periodicals functioned like newsweeklies, the broadsheet\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Delaware"","block_context":{"text":"Delaware","link":"https:\/\/www.dixonhistory.com\/news\/category\/delaware\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.dixonhistory.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/sunday-star-may-10-1953.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.dixonhistory.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/sunday-star-may-10-1953.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.dixonhistory.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/sunday-star-may-10-1953.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x"},"classes":[]}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dixonhistory.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1418","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dixonhistory.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dixonhistory.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dixonhistory.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dixonhistory.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1418"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.dixonhistory.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1418\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dixonhistory.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1418"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dixonhistory.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1418"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dixonhistory.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1418"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}