1st Black Vegas officer, World War II veteran role model ‘for people of any color’
Written by Black Hot Fire Network on March 11, 2023
This undated photo provided by the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department shows Las Vegas police officer Herman Moody. Las Vegas was still heavily segregated in 1946 when Moody became the city's first Black police officer. Because of the color of his skin, his police work was confined to the Historic Westside, the heart of the city's Black community near downtown Las Vegas, where Moody grew up, met his wife, raised their five daughters and died Feb. 25, 2023. He was 98. (Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department/AP)
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