Chicago History Museum: Researching The Afro-American Patrolmen's League

Press release from the Chicago History Museum:

Guest Author

2021-10-12

In this blog post, CHM intern Rebekah Otto reflects on her experience working on CHM’s ongoing Afro-American Patrolmen’s League Oral History Project.

AAPL vinyl banner that reads, 1961–68. CHM, ICHi-170336

AAPL vinyl banner that reads, 1961–68. CHM, ICHi-170336 Black Metropolis Research Consortium’s Archie Motley Archival Internship the assassination of Fred Hampton 1968 Democratic National Convention trial of the Chicago Seven Section from page 1 of an information card for the Fred Hampton Memorial Legal Assistance Scholarship Fund, September 1975. CHM, ICHi-173738-001 Collection Donation Form

Additional Resources

• Read more blog posts about the Afro-American Patrolmen’s League
• Visit the Chicago History Museum’s Abakanowicz Research Center

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