The DuPont “Colored” Schools Storymap

Moderator: Alex Tarantino, Cultural Resource Specialist, National Park Service, Denver Service Center & PDI Education Committee Chair

Guest Speakers: Jenifer Anderson-Reno, Historic Property Research Center Manager, Delaware Division of Historical and Cultural Affairs, and Kim Showell, Historic Preservation Specialist, University of Delaware, Center for Historic Architecture and Design

The DuPont “Colored” Schools Storymap is a collaborative effort, by the University of Delaware Center for Historic Architecture and Design (CHAD) and The Division of Historical and Cultural Affairs (DHCA), highlighting CHAD’s research and survey of the DuPont “Colored” schools, and incorporating modern and historic photographs, excerpts from the Strayer report (1919) assessing conditions of each school, and the oral history interviews conducted by Preservation Delaware, in an interactive map.