]
]
This is a finding aid. It is a description of archival material held in the Wilson Library at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Unless otherwise noted, the materials described below are physically available in our reading room, and not digitally available through the World Wide Web. See the Duplication Policy section for more information.
Expand/collapse
Collection Overview
| Size | 1 item (0.5 linear feet) |
| Abstract | Scrapbook of Clyde Linwood Cox (1914-1969), one of the first two Black police officers in Durham, N.C., and the first Black detective in the state of North Carolina. Cox used a program for the October 1946 Police Ball held at the City Armory to hold newspaper clippings, photographs, and other items related to his early law enforcement career and to the hiring of Black officers elsewhere in the South. The program includes information about the Police Ball, Durham history, and a letter from the white Durham Chief of Police H. E. King, in which he mentions that Cox and fellow Black policeman James B. Samuel have "proved to be very valuable." The program also includes two-page spread with individual portraits of Durham officers, including six Black patrolmen: O. C. Johnson, J. S. Frongerbur, Frank McCrea, Joe Barnes, Samuel, and Cox. There are approximately 30 newspaper clippings and a letter of commendation to Cox from the police chief of Wilson, N.C., for Cox’s help in breaking up a lottery racket. There are a number of photographs of Cox and other Black officers in uniform, as well as a photograph of Cox in civilian clothes when he was promoted to detective. Also included is a signed confession from an individual charged in a stabbing, which may have resulted in a death. |
| Creator | Cox, Clyde, 1914-1969 |
| Curatorial Unit | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. North Carolina Collection. |
| Language | English |
Expand/collapse
Information For Users
Expand/collapse
Processing Information
Processed by: Dawne Howard Lucas, November 2021
Encoded by: Dawne Howard Lucas, November 2021
Since August 2017, we have added ethnic and racial identities for individuals and families represented in collections. To determine identity, we rely on self-identification; other information supplied to the repository by collection creators or sources; public records, press accounts, and secondary sources; and contextual information in the collection materials. Omissions of ethnic and racial identities in finding aids created or updated after August 2017 are an indication of insufficient information to make an educated guess or an individual's preference for identity information to be excluded from description. When we have misidentified, please let us know at wilsonlibrary@unc.edu.
Back to Top
Expand/collapse
Subject Headings
The following terms from Library of Congress Subject Headings suggest topics, persons, geography, etc. interspersed through the entire collection; the terms do not usually represent discrete and easily identifiable portions of the collection--such as folders or items.
Clicking on a subject heading below will take you into the University Library's online catalog.
Expand/collapse
Biographical Information
Clyde Linwood Cox (1914-1969) was one of the first two Black police officers in Durham, N.C., and the first Black detective in the state of North Carolina. Cox and James B. Samuel (1919-1989) were hired as patrolmen in 1944 and stationed in Hayti, a historically Black district.
Back to Top
Expand/collapse
Scope and Content
Scrapbook of Clyde Cox, one of the first two Black police officers in Durham, N.C. Cox used a program for the October 1946 Police Ball held at the City Armory to hold newspaper clippings, photographs, and other items related to his early law enforcement career and to the hiring of Black officers elsewhere in the South. The program includes information about the Police Ball, Durham history, and a letter from the white Durham Chief of Police H. E. King, in which he mentions that Cox and fellow Black policeman James B. Samuel have "proved to be very valuable." The program also includes two-page spread with individual portraits of Durham officers, including six Black patrolmen: O. C. Johnson, J. S. Frongerbur, Frank McCrea, Joe Barnes, Samuel, and Cox. There are approximately 30 newspaper clippings and a letter of commendation to Cox from the police chief of Wilson, N.C., for Cox’s help in breaking up a lottery racket. There are a number of photographs of Cox and other Black officers in uniform, as well as a photograph of Cox in civilian clothes when he was promoted to detective. Also included is a signed confession from an individual charged in a stabbing, which may have resulted in a death.
Back to Top