Ellen Irene Diggs (1906–1998) was an American anthropologist.

She was the writer of a major contribution to African American history, Black Chronology: From 4,000 B.C.

to the Abolition of the Slave Trade.

[1] Diggs was born on April 13, 1906, in Monmouth, to parents Charles Henry and Alice Diggs and raised in a "supportive environment" that fostered her academic pursuits and other ambitions[2][3] Diggs pursued her undergraduate work at Monmouth College and the University of Minnesota.

She received her master's degree from Atlanta University where she was a research assistant to W. E. Burghardt Du Bois.