Welcome to the Weekend POU! Today we look at the career of law enforcement pioneer Arthur Lewis When he began a career in federal law enforcement, Arthur Lewis set a simple but ambitious goal. He wanted to see his photograph hang on the wall in a prominent place of honor among the hierarchy. In a journey that took nearly three decades, Lewis rose through the … [Read more...] about Saturday Open Thread: African-American Undercover Agents
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Friday Open Thread: African-American Undercover Agents
TGIF POU! Today's feature has lived the life of a Tom Clancy novel, actually fiction can never top this! Justin Jackson From the Cold War to 'hot' wars: A spy breaks his silence Exquisitely tailored and coiffed, he looks like he just stepped off the pages of Gentleman's Quarterly magazine. But in reality, he just stepped out of the dangerous, shadowy world of … [Read more...] about Friday Open Thread: African-American Undercover Agents
Thursday Open Thread: African-American Undercover Agents
Good Morning POU! Today we feature a trailblazer whose biography has been portrayed on the small screen. Her work has been so important and dangerous, photographs of her are not online even though she has been retired for almost 2 decades. Johnnie Mae Gipson Johnnie Mae Gipson was one of the first female FBI special agents, and the first African-American female … [Read more...] about Thursday Open Thread: African-American Undercover Agents
Wednesday Open Thread: African-American Undercover Agents
Happy Hump Day POU! Today we feature the first buy viagra danmark black Secret Service Agent: Charles Gittens Charles L. Gittens broke a color line in the US Secret Service in winter 1956, while the Montgomery, Ala., bus boycott was going on and as major lunch-counter sit-ins were years off. The youngest of a family of three brothers and four sisters, Mr. Gittens … [Read more...] about Wednesday Open Thread: African-American Undercover Agents
Tuesday Open Thread: African-American Undercover Agents
Good Morning POU! Hilton Owens was one of the first black special agents in the Internal Revenue Service’s elite Intelligence Division. Now called the Criminal Investigation Division, the unit pursues tax evaders. Its special agents have been called "giant-killers" for their successful cases against organized crime bosses and other powerful figures. Owens, who died … [Read more...] about Tuesday Open Thread: African-American Undercover Agents