Tag: Black History

Invisible Warriors: African American Women in World War II

Join us at Route 9 Library and Innovation Center for a historic documentary film screening of Invisible Warriors: African American Women in World War II with creator and director Professor Gregory S. Cooke and hear the inspiring stories of an untold generation of African-American war heroes. 

Invisible Warriors features real pioneers – the first Black women to work in industry and government administrative service. They are hardworking underdogs of high character who do battle and win. They fled lives as domestics and sharecroppers to empower themselves while working in war production and U.S. government offices. These patriotic pioneers share their wartime memories, recounting their battles against racism at home, Nazism abroad, and sexism everywhere. They represent 600,000 women like themselves who overcame the Great Depression, Jim Crow, sexual degradation, and workplace discrimination to break gender and racial barriers.

For more information, visit https://invisiblewarriorsfilm.com/

Pledge of Resiliency: A Public Dialogue

Join us for a panel discussion about community responses to the presence of a confederate flag and monument in Georgetown, DE. Registration is free but required.

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We invite you to join us for a panel discussion about community responses to the presence of a confederate flag and monument in Georgetown, DE, which is currently being supported by public funds. Our panelists will explore the impact of this monument on the community and discuss potential solutions for healing and creating systemic change in our communities to prevent similar ideological incursions in the future. We believe this dialogue is crucial for building a more inclusive and equitable community, and we encourage you to register to attend.

 

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Virtual Screening: Frederick Douglass Speaks at Old Town Hall

Virtual Screening: Frederick Douglass Speaks at Old Town Hall – To commemorate and reflect upon the July 4th holiday, the Mitchell Center for African American Heritage invites you to experience a masterful delivery of one of Frederick Douglass’s most powerful and well-known speeches, “What to the Slave is the Fourth of July?” by actor Carlo Campbell.

Originally given in 1852, this speech was revised and recited by Douglass numerous times in the years before, during, and after the Civil War. With each rendition, the words took on new meaning for Americans during a period of rapid change and constant upheaval, as the nation struggled to define the freedoms it had pursued during the American Revolutionary War less than a century earlier.

This is not a live event. The recorded video will premiere on July 2nd on the Delaware Historical Society’s YouTube and Facebook page. No registration required.

 

Video premiering on Delaware Historical Society’s YouTube and social media pages on Saturday, July 2.