The Milford Museum is hosting the premiere screening of “In Due Course: Integrating Milford High School” at the Milford Public Library, 11 S.E. Front Street, Milford, Delaware on Saturday, April 6, 2024, at 1:00 p.m. Filmmaker Michael Oates will introduce the documentary with a Q & A following the screening.
“In Due Course: Integrating Milford High School” is a documentary examining the 1954 failed attempt to desegregate Milford High School and the successful admission of Black students to Milford High School in 1962. It recounts these two significant events and explores the underlying reasons that facilitated the major shift in community values.
Segments from interviews will tell the story. Those interviewed for the film include Ed Kee (co-author “The Milford Eleven”); Edna Turner Sharp (one of the 1954 Milford Eleven); Charles Hammond, Jr., and Josephus Clark (two of the 1962 Milford Seven); Edward Steiner and Dr. Karl Western (white Milford High School students in 1954); Dr. Reba Hollingsworth; and Dr. Alvin Turner (Edna’s younger brother).
The documentary provides a better understanding of Milford’s little-known Black history as it relates to the 1954 Supreme Court’s decision Brown v. Board of Education that marked the end of the legalized racial segregation in schools in the United States.
For more information, please contact the Museum at (302) 424-1080, tom@milforddemuseum.org. This program is partially funded by Delaware Humanities, a state program of the National Endowment for the Humanities and Berkana, Center for Media and Education, Inc.
