Afro-American Police Association-Buffalo

PO BOX 859
Buffalo, NY 14205

Today In History

• In 1919- Fritz Pollard becomes the first black to play Professional football for a major team, the Akron Indians. Pollard was also the first Black to play in the Rose Bowl
• In 2019- Chicago native Emmerson Buie Jr named as new FBI special-agent-in-charge of the Chicago FBI Division, becoming the first African American to hold the position

To Inspire You

No Black history becomes significant and meaningful unless it is taught in the context of world and national history. In its sealed off, black-studies centers, it will be simply an exercise in racial breast feeding

Roy Wilkins