Hubert Thomas Delany

Biography

Hubert Thomas Delany (; May 11, 1901 – December 28, 1990) was an American lawyer and civil rights pioneer, and politician. He served as Assistant U.S. Attorney, the first African American appointed as Tax Commissioner of New York and one of the first African Americans appointed as a judge in New York City. Judge Delany was on the board of Directors for the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), and the Harlem YMCA, and became an active leader in the Harlem Renaissance. He also served as a Vice President of the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund. Delany graduated from the City College of New York in 1923. He received his Juris Doctor degree from New York University School of Law in 1926 and was a member of Sigma Pi Phi legal fraternity.

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