‘Working: Then & Now’: Black Chicago Police Officer

‘Working: Then & Now’: Black Chicago Police Officer

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In 1971, Studs Terkel interviewed Renault Robinson, one of the city’s few black officers. Robinson spoke bluntly about the role of race in urban policing. Thanks to Radio Diaries podcast and Project&.

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