by admin | Feb 2, 2021 | Black History, DCHS Program, Del. Co. Hist. Society, Events, History
The Delaware County Historical Society presents The History of the Lucy Depp Settlement Historic Community February is Black History Month Celebrating Black History MonthThe History of the first Black-Owned farm in Delaware County and part of the Underground Railroad...
by admin | Jan 18, 2020 | Barn, Black History, DCHS Program, Del. Co. Hist. Society, Events, History
The Delaware County Historical Society February Black History Month Program: Hidden CommunitiesAfrican Americans in Ohio February 19th Wednesday Starting at 7pm The Barn at Stratford Hidden Communities: Discovering African American History in Rural Ohio The Society...
by admin | Oct 11, 2019 | Black History, Del. Co. Hist. Society, Events, History
E.W.B. Curry honored by Delaware City On Wednesday, Oct. 9, the City of Delaware unveiled an honorary street sign commemorating the life and work of Elmer Washington Bryant Curry (1871-1930), who was the first African American teacher in Delaware and founder of the...
by admin | May 26, 2019 | Black History, DCHS Program, Del. Co. Hist. Society, Events, History
The Delaware County Historical Societypresents Frederick Douglass Frederick Douglass was a runaway slave, self-educated man, author, noted speaker, activist in civil rights and human rights, and the first black man to hold high office in the US Government. Frederick...
by admin | Mar 19, 2019 | Barn, Black History, DCHS Program, Del. Co. Hist. Society, Events, History
The Delaware County Historical SocietypresentsThe story of a courageous and ambitious young African American man born in 1871 and raised in Delaware Ohio. At the young age of 17, he started a school that was called “The Place of Knowledge for Old and Young”. That man...
by admin | Feb 17, 2019 | Black History, Del. Co. History Network, Events, History
The Delaware African American Heritage Councilin partnership withThe Delaware County Martin Luther King Jr. Celebration Committeeand The Delaware City SchoolsPresentsDelaware Ohio’s 1st Annual Black History Celebration “What Dr. Martin Luther King...
