List of first minority male lawyers and judges in Delaware

This is a list of the first minority male lawyer(s) and judge(s) in Delaware. It includes the year in which the men were admitted to practice law (in parentheses). Also included are other distinctions such as the first minority men in their state to obtain a law degree or become a political figure.

Firsts in state history

Lawyers
Judges
  • Aaron Finger (1912):[1] First Jewish male judge in Delaware (1917)
  • Sidney Clark (1956):[3][4] First African-American male judge in Delaware (1961)
  • Joshua W. Martin III:[5][6][7] First African American male to serve as a Judge of the Superior Court in Delaware (1982)
District Court
  • Gregory M. Sleet (1976):[8] First African American male to be appointed as a Judge of the U.S. District Court for the District of Delaware (1998)

United States Attorney
  • Gregory M. Sleet (1976):[8] First African American male to be appointed as the United States Attorney for Delaware

Bar Association
  • Joshua W. Martin III:[5][6][7] First African American male to serve as the President of the Delaware State Bar Association

Firsts in local history

Alphabetical by county name

New Castle County

See also

Other topics of interest

References
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  2. "Louis L. Redding, first Black lawyer in Delaware and civil rights pioneer". African American Registry. Retrieved 2016-10-08.
  3. "History of the Former Municipal Court of Wilmington - Court of Common Pleas - Delaware Courts - State of Delaware". courts.delaware.gov. Retrieved 2018-01-11.
  4. Clark, Sidney J. (1998). "The Road to Delaware" (PDF). Delaware Lawyer. 16:2: 30–33.
  5. "Delaware Grapevine". www.delawaregrapevine.com. Retrieved 2020-02-21.
  6. "Race and the Criminal Justice System in Delaware". ACLU Delaware. 2013-10-03. Retrieved 2019-01-05.
  7. "Meet Some of Delaware's 2016 Top Lawyers". Delaware Today. 2016-10-27. Retrieved 2020-03-14.
  8. "Hon. Gregory Sleet | Rutgers Law". law.rutgers.edu. Retrieved 2018-01-19.
  9. Albright, Matthew. "Courthouse to be named after judge Leonard Williams". delawareonline. Retrieved 2020-03-14.
  10. Carroll, Beatrice Patton (Summer 1998). "Leonard L. Williams" (PDF). Delaware Lawyer.
  11. Hayman, Robert L.; Ware, Leland (November 2010). Choosing Equality: Essays and Narratives on the Desegregation Experience. Penn State Press. ISBN 978-0-271-04803-1.
  12. Upon his judicial appointment, Williams became the second African American judge in the state of Delaware after Sidney Clark.
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