Afro-American Police Association-Buffalo

PO BOX 859
Buffalo, NY 14205

Today In History

• In 1839- Cinque, origially Senghbe, the son of a Mende king, along with several other Africans, is kidnapped and sold into slavery in Cuba
• In 1911- Samuel Battle becomes first Black police officer for NYPD
• In 1971- U.S. Supreme Court unanimously overturned the draft evasion conviction of Muhammad Ali.

To Inspire You

The ruin of a nation begins in the homes of its people

West African Proverb