Mill Creek Hundred in Hockessin in New Castle County, Delaware — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)

The Bulah Family and Brown v. Board of Education

Photographed by Pete Skillman, September 1, 2025

1. The Bulah Family and Brown v. Board of Education Marker

Inscription. After several failed attempts to convince Delaware's Department of Public Instruction to provide transportation of black children at Hockessin Colored School #107C to local white schools, Fred and Sarah Bulah who lived near this site with their daughter Shirley enlisted the help of Louis Redding and Jack Greenberg. The cases Belton v. Gebhart (1952) and Bulah v. Gebhart (1952) were filed in the Delaware Court of Chancery. Chancellor Collins J. Seitz ruled the plaintiffs were being denied equal protection of the law and ordered that the eleven children involved be admitted to the white Claymont and Hockessin schools. The case became part of Brown v. Board of Education.

Erected 2025 by Delaware Public Archives. (Marker Number NCC-164.)

Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: African Americans • Civil Rights • Education. In addition, it is included in the Delaware Public Archives series list. A significant historical year for this entry is 1952.

Location. 39° 46.561′ N, 75° 42.998′ W. Marker is in Hockessin, Delaware, in New Castle County. It is in Mill Creek Hundred. It is on

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Limestone Road, on the right when traveling north. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 6432 Limestone Rd, Hockessin DE 19707, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in Greater Wilmington and in Greater Philadelphia.

It is also in the American Mid-Atlantic

and on the Delmarva Peninsula.

Globally, it is in the North Atlantic Region,

North America,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once New Netherland

and also one of the original Thirteen Colonies.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 2 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Tweed's Tavern (approx. 0.2 miles away); The Daniel Nichols House (approx. 0.6 miles away); James Henry "Nip" Winters (approx. 0.9 miles away); First African-American Schoolhouse In Hockessin (approx. 1.1 miles away); Chair of Honor (approx. 1.1 miles away); Veterans Memorial (approx. 1.1 miles away); Hockessin School #107C (approx. 1.1 miles away); Chippey African Union Methodist Church (approx. 1.2 miles away). Touch for a list and map of

The Bulah Family and Brown v. Board of Education Marker - wide view image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Pete Skillman, September 1, 2025

2. The Bulah Family and Brown v. Board of Education Marker - wide view

all markers in Hockessin.

Also see . . .
1. Belton (Bulah) v. Gebhart - National Park Service.

Of the five court cases associated with the U.S. Supreme Court’s May 17, 1954, decision in Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, Delaware’s Belton (Bulah) v. Gebhart was the only case to experience a victory in the lower courts.

(Submitted on September 2, 2025, by Pete Skillman of Townsend, Delaware.)

2. Gebhart v. Belton - Justia Law. This is the text of the court decision in Delaware. (Submitted on September 2, 2025, by Pete Skillman of Townsend, Delaware.)

Credits. This page was last revised on June 5, 2026. It was originally submitted on September 1, 2025, by Pete Skillman of Townsend, Delaware. This page has been viewed 117 times since then and 35 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on September 1, 2025, by Pete Skillman of Townsend, Delaware.