abraham bolden
ABRAHAM BOLDEN graduated cum laude from Lincoln University in Jefferson City, Missouri, with a B.A. in music composition. [1]
Abraham Bolden scheduled to participate in ETA Creative Arts Third Thursday Book Signings on Thursday, February 19, 2009. [2]
Abraham Bolden later discovered that this information was being kept from the Warren Commission. [3]
Abraham Bolden was a young African American Secret Service agent in Chicago when he was asked by John F. Kennedy himself to join the White House Secret Service detail. [4]
After an outstanding career in law enforcement, Abraham Bolden was appointed by John F. Kennedy to be the first African American presidential Secret Service agent, where he served with distinction. [5]
Abraham Bolden later discovered that this information was being kept from the Warren Commission. [6]
His record was so outstanding that in 1959 President Dwight Eisenhower appointed him to the United States Secret Service. [3]
From the first African American assigned to the presidential Secret Service detail comes a gripping and unforgettable true story of bravery and patriotism in the face of bitter hatred and unthinkable corruption. [4]
As a result of these complaints, Bolden was sent back to the Chicago office and assigned to routine anti-counterfeiting duties. [3]
Mr. Bolden has the unique distinction of being the first African American US Secret Service Agent assigned to the White House Detail by President Kennedy. [2]
Caught in a maze of National Security concerns that only became clear after four million pages of JFK files were released in the 1990s, Bolden was sentenced to six years in prison, becoming America’s first National Security Whistleblower. [5]
Raving Black Lunatic doesn’t want to appear conspiratorial, but he’s concerned about Obama’s Secret Service protection, citing recent stories of bigoted emails, racial epithets and nooses in the Secret Service, and an apparent security lapse in Dallas[!], which the SS denied. [6]
Abraham Bolden was the first African American US Secret Service Agent assigned to the White House Detail under JFK. [7]
According to Bolden, the Chicago Secret Service office received a teletype from the FBI shortly before Kennedy’s November 2 visit warning that an assassination attempt would be carried out in that city by a four-man Cuban hit squad armed with high-powered rifles. [3]
Drinking on duty, abandoning key posts—this was not a team that appeared to take their responsibility to protect the life of the president particularly seriously. [4]
Sources:
[1] Abraham Bolden - Authors - Random House
[2] The Echo
[3] Abraham Bolden
[4] The Echo from Dealey Plaza by Abraham Bolden - Hardcover - Random House
[5] After 40 Years, the First National Security Whistleblower Still Seeks …
[6] Your Right Hand Thief
[7] MySpace.com - The Echo from Dealey Plaza by Abraham Bolden - 74 - Male …