‘Speak Out’ to honor trailblazers in law enforcement Feb. 28
2/26/2016, 7:33 a.m.
The Reconciliation Church of God in Christ’s Youth Department is hosting “Speak Out,” an event celebrating posthumously five African-American trailblazers in law enforcement.
The free commemoration will be 4 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 28, at the church, 630 E. 16th St., in South Side.
Those to be honored are Bass Reeves of Paris, Texas, the first African-American U.S. deputy marshal west of the Mississippi River in 1875; Georgia Ann Robinson of the Los Angeles Police Department, the first African-American female police officer in 1916; William B. Lindsay of the Illinois State Police, the first African-American state trooper in 1941; Wiley G. Overton, the first African-American police officer in New York City in 1891; and Lucius Amerson, the first African-American sheriff in the South since Reconstruction in Macon County, Ga., in 1966.
The event will include musical performances and guest speakers, according to a news release.
For more information, call (804) 233-0274.
