{"id":278,"date":"2023-08-09T11:08:20","date_gmt":"2023-08-09T16:08:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/exhibitions.lib.udel.edu\/a-celebration-of-the-life-and-work-of-dr-james-e-newton\/?page_id=278"},"modified":"2023-08-09T11:09:51","modified_gmt":"2023-08-09T16:09:51","slug":"black-history","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/exhibitions.lib.udel.edu\/artistic-legacy-james-e-newton-the-archival-record\/black-history\/","title":{"rendered":"Black History"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>These artifacts and documents exemplify Dr. Newton\u2019s commitment to the collecting and sharing of Black history and his work with the community to preserve local Black history in particular. For example, Howard High School\u2013now Howard High School of Technology\u2013is a historic Black high school in Wilmington, Delaware. Dr. Newton worked with Howard alumni and Pauline A. Young (the school\u2019s librarian) to document the school\u2019s history. Dr. Newton participated in organizations that focused on Black life and history, and he worked to recover the history of numerous African Americans, whose stories he shared in the classroom, lectures, publications, and historic markers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\" \/>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Lorraine Kidd. \u201c Alumni Spirit Keeps Ball Rolling toward Black History Museum\u201d <\/strong><br><strong><em>The News-Journal<\/em> <em>papers<\/em>, July 5, 1988<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>[UD_EXHIBITION_ITEM]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em>The History of Howard High School: 125 Years, September 20, 1869 to September 20, 1994<\/em>, 1994<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"582\" height=\"750\" data-id=\"238\" src=\"https:\/\/exhibitions.lib.udel.edu\/a-celebration-of-the-life-and-work-of-dr-james-e-newton\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/278\/2023\/08\/Mss1001_BlackHistory_HowardHistoryCover092-scaled-e1691590412814.jpg\" alt=\"The cover of The History of Howard High School, 125 Years: September 20, 1869 to September 20, 1994.\" class=\"wp-image-238\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"594\" height=\"750\" data-id=\"240\" src=\"https:\/\/exhibitions.lib.udel.edu\/a-celebration-of-the-life-and-work-of-dr-james-e-newton\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/278\/2023\/08\/Mss1001_BlackHistory_HowardHistoryCoverpg1_093-scaled-e1691590405239.jpg\" alt=\"Portrait of Howard High School's classes of 1924 and 1925.\" class=\"wp-image-240\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"596\" height=\"750\" data-id=\"242\" src=\"https:\/\/exhibitions.lib.udel.edu\/a-celebration-of-the-life-and-work-of-dr-james-e-newton\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/278\/2023\/08\/Mss1001_BlackHistory_HowardHistoryCoverpg2_094-scaled-e1691590400233.jpg\" alt=\"Picutres of Miss Howard 1954-55, Capatha Edwards, and the runners up, Selina Briggs and Elsie Hackett.\" class=\"wp-image-242\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Howard High School Students, 1963. Black and white photograph<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>[UD_EXHIBITION_ITEM]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Certificate from the Wilmington, Delaware City Council to Dr. James E. Newton, July 7, 2005<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>[UD_EXHIBITION_ITEM]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Draft of ASALH Underground Railroad Plaque, February 1976<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>[UD_EXHIBITION_ITEM]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>These artifacts and documents exemplify Dr. Newton\u2019s commitment to the collecting and sharing of Black history and his work with the community to preserve local Black history in particular. For example, Howard High School\u2013now Howard High School of Technology\u2013is a historic Black high school in Wilmington, Delaware. 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