Foreword / W. Marvin Dulaney -- Acknowledgments -- Chap. 1. The impetus for racial integration of American policing -- Chap. 2. A brief history of black police -- Chap. 3. Early treatment of black officers by police departments -- Chap. 4. Black and white officers together on the job -- Chap. 5. Black officers and the black community -- Chap. 6. Black officers and the white community -- Chap. 7. Institutional barriers to widespread promotion -- Chap. 8. A tentative notion of the black executive's working world -- Chap. 9. The research initiative -- Chap. 10. Research findings -- Chap. 11. Observations and conclusion -- Notes -- References -- Index