Hubert E. King, Chief of Police
Police chief Hubert E. King (?-1956) hired James B. Samuel and Clyde Cox in 1944, the first Black police officers in the Durham Police Department. Also during King’s time as chief, a Black policeman was promoted to an officer’s rank and the detective bureau hired African-Americans, both firsts in the state of North Carolina. Despite these moves, the police department remained highly segregated internally, as the African-American officers served only in Black sections of town. King also clamped down on the prostitution that developed with the arrival of Camp Butner, a military facility north of Durham where troops trained during World War II.
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Hubert E. King, Chief of Police
Police chief Hubert E. King (?-1956) hired James B. Samuel and Clyde Cox in 1944, the first Black police officers in the Durham Police Department. Also during King’s time as chief, a Black policeman was promoted to an officer’s rank and the detective bureau hired African-Americans, both firsts in the state of North Carolina. Despite these moves, the police department remained highly segregated internally, as the African-American officers served only in Black sections of town. King also clamped down on the prostitution that developed with the arrival of Camp Butner, a military facility north of Durham where troops trained during World War II.
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