Afro-American Police Association-Buffalo

PO BOX 859
Buffalo, NY 14205

Today In History

February Is Black History Month

• In 1768- Wentworth Cheswell elected as town constable in Newmarket, NH, thus making him the very first Black law enforcement officer in America
• In 1934- Birthdate of Hank Aaron
• In 1994- Byron De La Beckwith convicted for the 1963 murder of Medgar Evars

To Inspire You

There are two ways of exerting one's strength: one is pushing down, the other is pulling up.

Booker T. Washington