12:20 p.m., March 5, 2003--Two presentations on the Milford school integration crisis of 1954 conclude UD’s popular Land and Sea Lecture Series on Friday, March 7. Extension Specialist Ed Kee, presents “Tense Times: The Milford School Integration Crisis of 1954: Causes, Events and Consequences” at 10 a.m. in Lewes and again at 2 p.m. in Seaford. (Previously scheduled for Feb. 7, his talk was rescheduled because of inclement weather.)

Free and open to the public, the lectures take place in Lewes at the Virden Center, 700 Pilottown Rd., on UD’s Hugh R. Sharp Campus, and the Seaford talks are held in the auditorium of the Methodist Manor House, 1001 Middleford Rd.

In the early fall of 1954, no one could foresee the dark days that were just ahead when the sleepy, southern Delaware community of Milford attempted to integrate its schools. Shortly after the arrival of a white demagogue, neighbor was pitted against neighbor, schools were boycotted, crosses were burned and the national media focused its attention upon the tragic events that would affect Delaware politics, policy and education for decades.

Now in its 18th year, the Land and Sea Lecture Series is sponsored by the UD Office of Alumni and University Relations. For more information, call (302) 855-1620 or (302) 735-8200.