In August 1890, Isaac W. Evans becomes the first African American to be appointed to the Seattle police force.
A former policeman in Minneapolis, he came to Seattle in 1888. His resignation followed soon after his appointment.
African American appointed to the Seattle police force for the first time in August 1890.
- By Helen Lacy
- Posted 11/07/1998
- HistoryLink.org Essay 273
Sources:
Esther Hall Mumford, Seattle's Black Victorians 1852-1901(Seattle: Ananse Press, 1980), 57.
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