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Black in Blue

2020-05-31 20:12:32.979838+02 by Dan Lyke 0 comments

Black in Blue: Atlanta’s first African American police officers were vanguards of the civil rights movement

They weren’t allowed to patrol white neighborhoods or work in police headquarters. But in 1948, these officers brought community policing to Atlanta and pushed back at Jim Crow

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