Lionel Higgins — Dear White People Character Profile

About Lionel Higgins

A starring black college student at Winchester University. His storylines examine the challenges and perspectives of black students navigating an Ivy League environment.

Character Facts

Played by

DeRon Horton

Appears in

Dear White People (2017)

Role

Supporting

Relationships (3)

• Lionel Higgins — Professional Subject — Samantha White (Logan Browning)

  Assigned to write about Samantha and black experience

• Lionel Higgins — Professional Subject Of Article — Samantha White (Logan Browning)

  Lionel is assigned to write about Sam for the campus newspaper

• Lionel Higgins — Social Friend — Gabe Mitchell (John Patrick Amedori)

  Friendship between two black students on campus

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• Reggie Green (Marque Richardson)
• Narrator (Giancarlo Esposito)