Fort Worth, TX, United States
Hagar Tucker. (1842-1892) Hagar Tucker was the first African American policeman in Fort Worth, notable in 1870s Texas. Born into slavery, he came here from Kentucky in 1857 and was emancipated in 1865. One of the first African Americans in the county registered to vote, he was appointed a "special p
oliceman" in 1873, partly through influence of former master Wm. B. Tucker, then alderman. Hagar was the only black on the force, one of few until the 1950s. Paid separately from other police, he coul
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