 In 1867 he moved to Baltimore at the invitation of Edgar M. Gregory where he became inspector-general for schools there, a charge of 140 schools, 150 teachers and 7,000 students.In 1869, Day moved to Wilmington, Delaware to register African-American voters, a hazardous assignment given the tensions of the time period.In 1870 he again took on a journalism role, and became editor of "Our National Progress".