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Black Cops by James N. Reaves, William Wartman
I felt like I was somebody important that August day in 1940, James Reaves writes in the opening sentence of Black Cops . Reaves was about to be sworn in as one of the few Black members of the Philadelphia police force, & although he was upbeat & optimistic, the reception he would receive from his colleagues would be a baptism of fire. The first times Reaves took the police civil service test, he was ranked 2,969th on the eligibility list. When word leaked out that the notoriously corrupt Republican city administration had manipulated test results even more than usual, a new test was ordered. The next time, Reaves was ranked 137th on the list. There was a swearing in ceremony at City Hall with lots of smiles, handshakes, & photographs, but then Reaves had to report to his new street sergeant, a man who was, of course, White. The sergeant glanced at Reaves coldly, gave him a quick scan up & down, & then said something for which Reaves would never forgive him. My God, the sergeant hissed, it gets worse. Reaves shook off the insult & persevered through a remarkable forty-year police career. From walking a beat to protect businesses that wouldn't serve Blacks--while other cops rode in the comfort of White-only patrol cars--to the upper echelons of the department as Philadelphia's first Black police captain, James Reaves saw it all, & now he is going on the record with his story. Black Cops removes the shroud of secrecy that has always cloaked police work from the eyes of civilians, offering a frank & revealing look at how cops do their jobs-& at how race so often factors into that. Set against the backdrop of contemporary Black History, this moving & compelling book takes the reader behind the police barricades & into the front lines of the civil unrest of the 1960's.

AUTHOR: James N. Reaves, William Wartman
PUBLISHER: Quantum Leap Publisher, Incorporated
FORMAT: Hardcover
CATEGORY: Non-Fiction

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CATEGORY: Non-Fiction

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CATEGORY: Non-Fiction