Civil Rights Leader Reverend Al Sharpton and Local Pastors Renew Call for Diversity in Delaware Courts at Wilmington Black History Month Dinner

WILMINGTON, Del., Feb. 25, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- On Monday, February 24th, civil rights activist Reverend Al Sharpton and Reverend Christopher Bullock co-hosted a free dinner for Delaware residents in honor of Black History Month, emceed by local Pastor Dale Dennis II of Hoyt Memorial CME at the Kingswood Community Center in Wilmington. The event was sponsored by Citizens for a Pro-Business Delaware.

The pastors led a discussion on the lack of diversity on Delaware's courts and its adverse effects on all of the state's residents. The discussion, at the Kingswood Community Center in Wilmington, also focused on what can be done to "repair the institutional neglect of people of color in the Delaware," as Reverend Sharpton stated in his first advocacy visit to the state in October.