Renault Robinson

CTL-E-2089 · Person · activist · 1942-2023

VERIFIED evidence grade of this record

Chicago police officer (1964-1983); co-founder of the Afro-American Patrolmen's League (1968); chairman of the Chicago Housing Authority (1983-1987); interviewed by Studs Terkel for Working.

The record

Also known as: Renault A. Robinson, Renault A. "Reggie" Robinson Sr.

Relationships

Afro-American Patrolmen's League — affiliated with
Renault Robinson co-founded the Afro-American Patrolmen's League in 1968.

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Afro-American Patrolmen's League — led by → this record
Black police work in Chicago (Renault Robinson) — related to → this record

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CultureTechLens batch RELP51 research

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