James H. Sills Jr. (born 1931) is an American politician who served as the first African-American mayor of Wilmington, Delaware.
He previously served in the Delaware House of Representatives from 1984 to 1992.
[1] In the 1970s, he was elected to the New Castle County School Board and later served as its president.
In 1992, he defeated two-term mayor Daniel Frawley in the Wilmington mayoral primary and then went on to defeat activist Beatrice Patton Carroll in the November general election.
[2] His son, James Sills III L, currently serves as President and CEO of Mechanics and Farmers Bank in Durham, North Carolina.