African American Police League (Chicago, Ill.) records, 1961-1988 (bulk 1968-1980).

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African American Police League (Chicago, Ill.) records, 1961-1988 (bulk 1968-1980).

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Annual reports, court files, fundraising items, historical information, minutes, reports, correspondence, clippings, topical files, newsletters, police brutality report files, and publications and flyers relative to the ongoing work of the Afro-American Police League (AAPL) and its education and action arm, the League to Improve the Community (LIC). The collection also contains items on numerous law enforcement and civil rights organizations across the country; materials on the suspension of AAPL executive director Renault Robinson from the Chicago Police Department and related lawsuits; and materials pertaining to the National Black Police Association (NBPA). The collection also contains Renault Robinson's working files about his service as a commissioner and board chairman of the Chicago Housing Authority (1979-1987); and Robinson's working files about his involvement in political campaigns, including those of Ralph Metcalf, Mayor Jane Byrne, and Mayor Harold Washington.

2 oversize folders.

Chicago History Museum

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SNAC Resource ID: 8089803

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Washington, Harold, 1922-1987

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Chicago (Ill.). Police Dept.

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Lee, Frank, 1941-

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Chicago Housing Authority

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League to Improve the Community (Chicago, Ill.)

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Conlisk, James B.

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Committee to Elect Harold Washington Mayor of Chicago

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African American Police League (Chicago, Ill.)

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Daley, Richard J., 1902-1976

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Saffold, Howard, 1941-

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Reformer Howard Saffold, a former police officer who has dedicated his life to correcting wrongs in the criminal justice system, was born on January 26, 1941 in Chicago, Illinois to Eva and DeWitt Saffold. Saffold held odd jobs while attending Farragut High School. Upon graduation in 1959, he joined the U.S. Army. He married Carol Randall Saffold in 1960 and completed his military service in 1962. Saffold worked as an expediter for the regional office of the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs b...

Afro-American Police League (Chicago, Ill.)

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Coleman, Kermit B., 1925-1979.

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Afro-American Patrolmen's League (Chicago, Ill.)

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Clements, George, 1930-

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Robinson, Renault

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