Samuel Jesse battle became the first black lieutenant in the new York police department paved the way for others today

Samuel Jesse Battle (January 16, 1883 - August 7, 1966) was the first African American police officer in New York City. After attending segregated schoolsin North Carolina, Battle moved north, first to Connecticut, then to New York City, where he took a job as a train porter and began studying for the New York City Police Department civil service exam. He was sworn in on March 6, 1911.[1][2]

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He was born on January 16, 1883 inNew Bern, North Carolina.

His brother-in-law was PatrolmanMoses P. Cobb, who started working for the Brooklyn Police force in the early 1890s before the unification of NYC and acted as Battle's mentor. "Big Sam" as he was known — 6 feet, 3 inches tall, 280 pounds — earned the respect of his fellow officers after saving one officer's life in the early 1920s. They subsequently voted to allow him into the Sergeant's Academy. As the NYPD's first black lieutenant, during the intenseHarlem Riots of 1935 - after 3 days of violence he circulated fliers of himself with the young boy smiling who had allegedly been murdered in the basement of the Kress Department store.[1]

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