Episode 1 Extra: African-American Police in the 1800s

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As a supplement to Episode 1: Blood, Ballots, and Black Jack's Ears, this bonus Chicago Corruption Walking Tour podcast episode looks at the history of African-American police officers in the 1800s.

Selected sources:
Battle, Samuel J. "The Reminiscences of Samuel J. Battle," Oral History Collection of Columbia University. Web.

Dulaney, W. Marvin. Black Police in America. Bloomington and Indianapolis: Indiana University Press, 1996. Print.

Hayes, Rutherford B. Diaries and Letters of Rutherford Birchard Hayes, vol. 3, 1865-1881. Columbus, Ohio: Ohio State Archaeological and Historical Society, 1922. Web.

Kuykendall, Jack L., and David E. Burns. "The Black Police Officer: A Historical Perspective." Journal of Contemporary Criminal Justice 1 (1980): 4-12. Web.

Thale, Christopher. "Policing in the Nineteenth Century." Encyclopedia of Chicago. Web.

Walker, Samuel. A Critical History of Police Reform: The Emergence of Professionalism. Lexington, Mass.: Lexington Books, 1977. Print.