Historical commemoration of the Black in blue : the first four African American Patrolmen in the Philadelphia Police Department : one hundred thirty five years / researched and compiled by Art Matthews and Ben Scott.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Matthews, Art (Police officer), author, compiler.

Scott, Ben (Benjamin F.), author, compiler.

Contributor:

Lipman Criminology Library Fund.

National Organization of Black Law Enforcement Executives, publisher.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

African American police--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia--History.

African American police.

African American police chiefs--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia.

African American police chiefs.

African Americans--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia--History.

African Americans.

African American police--Biography.

History.

Pennsylvania--Philadelphia.

Genre:

Biographies.

Physical Description:

132 pages : illustrations, portraits ; 28 cm

Place of Publication:

[Philadelphia, Pa.] : National Black Police Association and Greater Philadelphia Chapter of the National Organization of Black Law Enforcement Executives, [2016]

Summary:

"This book chronicles the history of the commemoration of Black in Blue in the City of Philadelphia from 1881 to 2016. Other cities made history prior to Philadelphia. Most cities experience riots to prevent appointment of Black men becoming policemen"--Page 3. "Blacks in blue is a scrap-book that commemorates some of the accomplishments of African American police officers, both within and outside the Philadelphia Police Department from 1881 to 2016"--Page 5.

Notes:

Cover title.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Lipman Criminology Library Fund.

ISBN:

9780998814919 :

0998814911 :

OCLC:

1090679795