By Rayna Reid Rayford ·Updated June 22, 2022
It’s all in the family for descendants of William Ridley, Delaware County, the first Black lawyer admitted to the Bar of Delaware County. Sam Lemon, Ridley’s great grandson, finished what his ancestor started when a judge overturned a conviction for Alexander McClay Williams, achieving justice for his great grandfather’s former client.
Williams was only 16-years-old when he “was accused of brutally killing an attractive
