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First Negro School Officer PolicewomenView of the first graduating class of female African American police officers with an unidentified officer and Police Chief Herbert Jenkins in Atlanta, Georgia. From left to right; unidentified, Mayme Bondu, Nellie Silver, Mynteu Raus; Herbert Jenkins, Sarah Grune, Mamie Wiggins, and Emma Hughey.The Atlanta Police Department was formed in 1873 with 26 officers. Thomas Jones was elected the first Atlanta Chief of Police
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Atlanta History Center

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Digital Library of Georgia

Keywords

  1. African Americans
  2. Atlanta
  3. Atlanta Police Department (Atlanta, Ga.)
  4. Bondu, Mayme
  5. Clothing And Dress
  6. Georgia
  7. Grune, Sara
  8. Hughey, Emma
  9. Jenkins, Herbert, 1907 1990
  10. Law Enforcement Officers
  11. Law Enforcement Training
  12. Police
  13. Policewomen
  14. Rauls, Mynteu
  15. Silver, Nellie
  16. Uniforms
  17. Wiggins, Mamie
  18. Women

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