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  Children exiting newly integrated school

  This image sparks discussion about the desegregation and integration of public schools, specifically in Southern Delaware.
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  The Teacher—John Dowell

  Teaching has long been a valued profession in African American communities, even as the job can convey less status in Euro-American society.
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  Interior Workshop

  This photograph promotes conversations about educational values, facilities, and training for African Americans in Delaware.
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  Playground of African American school

  Segregated education systems could not erase the joy of play shared by all children.
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  William C. Jason Hall at Delaware State University

  Understanding the history and everyday life of leaders in Black education.

• Interior of a Black Rural School

  This photograph of the interior of a segregated African American school is important for understanding everyday school conditions for children of color.
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  Lore Hall

  Lore Hall represents African American women's efforts to gain access to higher education within Delaware's racially segregated system in the 1890s.
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  Racial Tension

  This telegram captures the danger that Delaware's students of color faced when attempting to integrate schools.
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  Nanticoke School Children

  Images of Indigenous schoolchildren at Indian Schools prompt discussions about the way those schools aimed to assimilate Indigenous children into the dominant White culture.
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  Nanticoke Indian Center (former Mission School)

  Mission schools sought to assimilate Native American children into mainstream white settler culture.
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  Dr. Joseph Johnson: African American Educator

  This documentary speaks to civil rights work in Delaware's educational system.
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  Portrait of Ethel Cuff Black

  Ethel Cuff Black helped change the college experience for African American women.
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  Exterior view of Blockson School prior to new construction

  Depictions of segregated schools for African American children are important to understanding how systemic racism created unequal educational opportunities.
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  Iron Hill Museum

  Highlights both museum-perpetuated stereotyping of Native American people and histories of segregation in Delaware.
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  Delaware State College Commencement (1969)

  This photograph prompts discussion about access to higher education, the importance of HBCUs, and the perseverance of Black public figures in Delaware.