Integrating Delaware: The Reddings of Wilmington

Integrating Delaware: The Reddings of Wilmington tells the story of Delaware's most nationally influential African—American family and reflects the story of the American black middle class in the twentieth century. Patriarch Lewis Redding arrived in Wilmington in 1900. He earned a hard—won place among the city's small black middle class after overcoming numerous hurdles presented by race. He shepherded four children through college and into careers as a lawyer, an author, and two schoolteac...