The Rosedale Beach Hotel and Resort

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In the pre-integration era of the 20th century, there were very few places for people of color to go for entertainment and hotel accommodations.  Because of this, Rosedale Beach near Millsboro, Delaware was a destination point for many people along the East Coast. On Saturday, February 2, 10:30 a.m., at the Delaware Public Archives, Tamara Jubilee-Shaw will present a program about the history of the Rosedale Beach Hotel and Resort. This recreation and entertainment destination featured a hotel, boardwalk, dance hall, picnic and beach area, campground and amusement park. Well-known artists such as Louis Armstrong, James Brown, Aretha Franklin, and Stevie Wonder performed at the resort.
 
Tamara Jubilee-Shaw received her Bachelor’s Degree in Journalism from the last class of Delaware State College (now Delaware State University) where she served as Editor in Chief of the Hornet Newspaper. After earning a Master’s Degree in Media Studies/ Video Film Production from the New School for Social Research in New York City, she served as a Director of Youth Organized Television-Education Video Center-NYC, NY (1994-1995). Jubilee-Shaw has conducted extensive research in several other areas of study including Diseases and Epidemics in Early America, Early African American Recording Artists, African American History in Early New York City and the history of the Rosedale Beach Hotel and Resort. Currently, she is employed as a Corporations Specialist with the State of Delaware Division of Corporations in Dover, DE.
 
The program is free to the public and will last approximately one hour.  No reservations are required.  For more information, contact Tom Summers (302) 744-5047 or e-mail thomas.summers@state.de.us.
 

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