The Minnesota Spokesman-Recorder has completed a six-part series exploring the state’s racial disparities, and two individuals, Yusef Mgeni and Buster Cooper, have been on the front lines of the fight for racial justice in St. Paul and St. Cloud respectively.
Debbie Montgomery
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St. Paul’s first Black female police officer set a precedent and excelled
“I was a bad mama-jama,” says retired officer Deborah L. Montgomery — she goes by just plain Debbie. She is pleasantly upbeat when reflecting on her beginning at the St. Paul Police Department. Laughing heartily, she matter-of-factly states that, as not only the first female but the first African American woman, she indeed had to be […]