other books, we do a combination of new books on delaware history such as the one by doctor bradley skelcher about african-american education in delaware. and we do reprints of classic. this is one of my favorites. it is called delaware, a guide to the first state. and the original edition of this was published in 1938 as part of the old depression era, progress, federal writers project. and it's a guide to the state as it was at that time that it comes complete with a map with 1938 roads and all that. this is a reprint of another classic, colonial delaware by dr. roe. when i was attending the university of delaware back in the dark ages, everybody had to take a delaware history class and doctor monroe was a professor of that course. he walked in to the lecture hall and those like you turn on this spigot and all the stuff came pouring out of him. and then it turned off at the end of an hour. but this is one of his many books on delaware history. this is one of five governors books were done. i'm the author this just by accident but we also have a process of trying to do oral history intervie

. >> on booktv's recent trip to dover we spoke with bradley skelcher whose book "african-american education in delaware: a history through photographs" tells the history of african-american struggle during the post civil war era through the great depression. >> because really there wasn't any other history book written on african-american education in the state of delaware. it started the work when they received a grant through the delaware state, a fully developed historic context for african-american education statewide from 1770 through 1940. there was an overall neglect when it came to educating african-americans. not just in delaware but throughout the country. they still pursued education, they still struggles, with very limited resources manage to create an outstanding educational system for african-american children in delaware. the challenge to african-american education in delaware from the very beginning many sought educating african-americans as a threat to the societal order at the time where white men were at the top of the power structure of the country. and degraded to afric

bradley skelcher about african-american education in delaware. and we do reprints of classics.s is one of my favors. this is called "delaware: a guide to the first state." and the original edition of this was published in 1938 as part of the old depression-era progress administration federal writers' project. and it's a guide to the state as it was at that time. it comes complete with a map of 1938 roads and all that. this this is a reprint of another classic, colonial delaware by dr. john a. monroe. when with i was attending the university of delaware back in the dark ages, everybody had to take a delaware history class, and dr. monroe was the professor of that course. and you'd walk into the lecture hall, and it was like you'd turn on a spigot, and all this stuff came pouring out of him. and then he'd turn it off at the end of the hour. but this is one of his many books on delaware history. this is one of five governors' books we've done. i'm the author of this just by accident, but we also have a process of trying to do oral history interviews with former delaware governors,

. >> on booktv's recent trip to dover, we spoke with bradley skelcher whose book, "african american education in delaware" tells the history of african-americans struggled during the post-civil war era through the great depression. >> because there really wasn't any of their history, a book written on african-american education in the state of delaware. i started the work when i received a grant through the delaware state historic preservation office to write statewide from 1770-1940. it was an overall neglect when it came to educating african-americans. not just in delaware but throughout the country. they still pursued education. they still struggled, and with very limited resources, managed to create an outstanding educational system for african-american children in delaware. the challenges to african-american education in delaware have been from the very beginning. minisummit educating african-americans as a threat -- minisummit educating african-americans as a threat, where white men were at the top of the power structure of the country. and african-americans and sliced the delaware was