NEWARK, DE has a rich Afro-American History
The New London Road community has a rich history. Join the University of Delaware for a video walking tour of the area.
Walking Tour - See links in the page
A rich collection of audio oral histories is available. This collection contains 22 oral history interviews providing a wealth of information on history and culture of the New London Road/Cleveland Avenue community in Newark, Delaware. These interviews, collected during two oral history projects by University of Delaware Professor Bernard L. Herman and students from 2004-2006, feature members of the New London Road community and discuss various aspects of life in the predominantly African-American community. The collection contains transcripts of selected interviews created by students as well as research data, recipes, and galley proofs for the book Food Always Brings People Together: recipes, poems, and stories from the New London Road community, Newark, Delaware, written by the University of Delaware Center for Material Culture Studies, under the direction of Professor Herman.
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School Hill Oral Histories
Iron Hill Museum oral history
Students and Teachers at Christiana and Newark High Schools (courtesy Syl Woolford) PDFs below
Christiana High School 1865-1974
Newark High School 1955-1964
Newark High School 1965-1974
Dover High School 1971
| chs_1965-1974.pdf |
| nhs_1955-1964.pdf |
| nhs_1965-1974.pdf |
| dhs_1971.pdf |