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Walter Jackson, the first African American police officer in Mobile, Alabama.

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Jennings, Tom

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He is holding a framed newspaper clipping: "In Mobile, Negro policemen succeed." Jackson joined the force in 1954 and served for 40 years.
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1985 05 09
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Copyright, Alabama Department of Archives and History. Donated by the Alabama Media Group, http://www.alabamamediagroup.com
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  1. African Americans
  2. Employment
  3. Jackson, Walter Perrymon, 1924 2005
  4. Law Enforcement Officers
  5. Mobile (Ala.)
  6. Mobile County (Ala.)

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