The First African-American Female Special Agent — FBI
WEBMar 28, 2019 · As the FBI celebrates 100 years of African-American special agents and observes Women’s History Month, we remember Sylvia Mathis, the first African-American woman to serve as an FBI agent.
Early African-American Agents — FBI
WEBFeb 15, 2011 · Their struggles, though, paved the way for agents like Aubrey Lewis and James Barrow, who in 1962 became the first African-American agents accepted to the FBI Academy, ushering in a new...
African-American Agents Reflect on 100-Year Anniversary - FBI
WEBDec 2, 2019 · In remarks at an anniversary event last month, Director Wray said African-Americans make up 11.3 percent of the FBI workforce, but only 4.6 percent of special agents.
First Black Woman FBI Agent was UNC-Chapel Hill Alumna
WEBJan 16, 2017 · The first black woman FBI agent in the United States was UNC-Chapel Hill’s Sylvia Elizabeth Mathis (J.D., 1975). Hers was a life framed by a commitment to service, a dedication to family, and marked by numerous accomplishments.
First African-American FBI agent gets recognition 100 years …
WEBNov 16, 2019 · The first African-American FBI special agent, who was hired 100 years ago, is finally getting recognition. There are no known photographs of James Wormley Jones, but there is a record of...
The short life of Sylvia Elizabeth Mathis, FBI’s first African-American ...
WEBFeb 20, 2020 · At the time Sylvia Elizabeth Mathis set out to become the first black female FBI agent, African-American women were finally getting opportunities in many areas thanks to works by influential...
First African American FBI Agent - C-SPAN.org
WEBDec 22, 2019 · Former and current FBI agents discussed James Wormley Jones, who is thought to be the first African American special agent hired in 1919 by the forerunner of the FBI.
First African-American FBI Agent Finally Recognized 100 Years …
WEBNov 21, 2019 · After 100 years, the FBI has finally recognized James Wormley Jones as the agency's first African-American special agent. He was appointed in December 1919 just 11 years after the creation of the organization that ultimately evolved into the Federal Bureau of Investigation.
The FBI is trying to add diversity to its ranks by recruiting at ... - NPR
WEBDec 8, 2021 · The FBI has launched a new diversity initiative aimed at reaching out to historically Black colleges and universities to try to recruit more African Americans to be special agents.
5 Surprising Facts About the FBI’s First African American Agent
WEBJames ‘Jack’ Wormley Jones was America's first black special agent, hired by the FBI in 1919 to infiltrate US paramilitary groups with radical agendas and ties to the Communist Party and Ku Klux Klan.
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