Reminiscences of Samuel J. Battle, 1960

Scope and Contents

Childhood and education; first Black policeman in Manhattan; lieutenant and first Black Parole Commissioner; race riots in Harlem; impressions of Eleanor Roosevelt, Mayors James Walker, Fiorello La Guardia, and William O'Dwyer, and other New York City political figures

Subjects

• African American police--New York (State)--New York--Interviews.
• African Americans--Social conditions.
• Battle, Samuel J., 1883-1966--Interviews.
• Interviews.
• Kelly, John K., interviewer.
• New York (N.Y.)--Politics and government--20th century.
• Oral histories (literary works)
• Parole officers--New York (State)--New York--Interviews.
• Police--New York (State)--New York--Interviews.

Access Conditions

Copyright by The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York, 1972