United States – Delaware
Crystal Nix-Hines (1963- )
Crystal Nix-Hines is an attorney, screenwriter, producer, and diplomat who was born in Wilmington, Delaware, on August 23, 1963. Her...
Louis L. Redding (1901-1998)
Civil rights attorney Louis L. Redding was the first Black man admitted to practice law in Delaware. He argued one...
Henry Arthur Callis (1887–1974)
Henry Arthur Callis was one of the Seven Jewels or founders of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity. He was born on...
David Nesta “Ziggy” Marley (1968- )
Ziggy Marley is a Jamaican Grammy award-winning reggae musician, singer, and philanthropist. Marley was born in the Trench Town section...
Lulu Merle Johnson (1907-1995)
Lulu Merle Johnson was pioneer in education and the first African American woman to earn a Ph.D. in the state...
Ernest Talbert (1950- )
Two-star Major General Ernest George Talbert Jr. was born April 23, 1950 to Dorothy Georgie Burkett Talbert (1926-2020), Deputy Director...
James H. Sills Jr. (1931- )
James H. Sills, Jr., the first African American mayor of Wilmington, Delaware, was born in North Carolina in 1931. We...
Tony Allen (1970- )
On January 1, 2020, Dr. Antoine J. (Tony) Allen Sr. became the 12th President of historically Black Delaware State University...
Bryan Stevenson (1959- )
Bryan Stevenson is a lawyer, social justice advocate, and law professor at New York University School of Law. Stevenson was...
