Portrait of Theodore "Ted" Wilburn from Ebony Magazine (April 1963)

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"Portsmouth’s Police Chief, Veteran of 10 Years' Service, Negro Gains Top Post on Merit in Southern Ohio City,"

Ebony Magazine (April 1963): 144-147. Google Books. ~ Date: April 1963

This file appears in: Integrating Portsmouth, Ohio’s Dreamland Pool: Non-violent Direct Action at the Terrace Club

Theodore "Ted" Wilburn was the first African American Chief of Police in the City of Portsmouth, Ohio. His appointment in 1962, gained national media attention, with a photo essay appearing in the April 1963 issue of Ebony Magazine.

This file appears in: Integrating Portsmouth, Ohio’s Dreamland Pool: Non-violent Direct Action at the Terrace Club

Integrating Portsmouth, Ohio’s Dreamland Pool: Non-violent Direct Action at the Terrace Club

By Andrew Lee Feight, Ph.D.

By the summer of 1964, the Civil Right’s Movement had picked up momentum and direct actions aimed at integrating white-only public accommodations and places of amusement, such as swimming pools, had…