Black Police in America

<p>Clear concise and filled with new materials the book sets a high standard . . . Scholars in African American police and urban history will all be grateful for what is certain to become a fundamental work in their fields. --The Alabama Review<br /><br />A balanced perceptive and readable study. --Kirkus Reviews<br /><br /> . . . easily read and interesting text . . . --The Post and Courier (Charleston SC)<br /><br />[This] readable book is bound to explode plenty of myths. . . . This is an important book that is long overdue. --Our Texas The Spirit of African-American Heritage<br /><br />There is no better time than now for this electrifying clear and much needed volume. --Robert B. Ingram President National Conference of Black Mayors<br /><br /><i>Black Police in America</i> is the most comprehensive and best documented study that I have read on African Americans in law enforcement. --Nudie Eugene Williams University of Arkansas<br /><br />Full of fascinating stories and accounts of racism and heroism as well as photos and charts this volume fills a void in the study of the African-American experience. --South Carolina Historical Magazine<br /><br />. . . a fresh and original study and an important contribution to the fields of African American and urban history and criminal justice. --The Journal of American History<br /><br /> . . . an accomplished and wide-ranging comparative analysis of the role of race in the development and operation of police departments in America's nineteenth- and twentieth-century cities. --The Journal of Southern History<br /><br />African Americans demanded colored police for colored people for over two centuries. <i>Black Police in America</i> traces the history of African Americans in policing from the appointment of the first free men of color as slave patrollers in 19th-century New Orleans to the advent of black police chiefs in urban centers--and explains the impact of black police officers on race relations law enforcement and crime.</p>