After witnessing laxity by others assigned to President John F. Kennedy, Abraham Bolden spoke out — then faced retaliation.
In 1961, Abraham Bolden became the very first Black Secret Service agent to serve on a White House detail. Within months, after witnessing laxity by other colleagues assigned to President John F. Kennedy, Bolden spoke out — then faced retaliation in the form of an accusation of “offenses related to attempting to sell a copy of a Secret Service file.”
The groundbreaker faced federal charges and was ultimately tried twice and convicted — before key prosecution witnesses admitted that they lied in their testimony at the official’s request — and he ultimately served several years in federal prison.
However, according to today!
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