"Black, White and Brown: Delaware and Desegregation" September 17, 2021
Governor John Carney appointed Chief Justice
Collins J. Seitz to the Delaware Supreme Court in 2015, and Chief Justice in
2019. He will speak about his father’s groundbreaking decisions in
1950 and 1952 requiring the admission of African American students to the
University of Delaware and Delaware’s elementary and secondary schools.
He will also explore the role the Delaware cases played in the Brown v. Board
of Education decision by the United States Supreme Court.