1947 - Negro Officers Get Full Status

Negro officers get “full status” in Police Dept: 1947. 

• Charlotte's first "full status" black police officers on the steps of the Charlotte Police Department. 
• From left to right, front row: Roy Booton, Vardry Spencer, George T. Nash, Jr., and James Taylor. Back row: John Lyles, James Ross, A.M. Houston, and John Hoffman.