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"A Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist presents a history of African Americans in New York City from the 1910 to 1960 as told through the life of the city's first black police officer who, fearing his racist colleagues just as much as the criminal element, became an unheralded figure in the fight for civil rights,"--Novelist.
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1 edition- Other · English · 2015Beacon Press · 318 pages · 9780807012604
Race relationsPoliceAfrican American policeNew York (N.Y.).New York (N.Y.). Police DepartmentBiographyPolice, new york (state), new yorkPolice, biography