Benjamin Ward (August 10, 1926 - June 10, 2002) was the first African American New York City Police Commissioner. Ward was one of 11 children and was born in the Weeksville section of Brooklyn, New York.
Read more about Benjamin Ward: Military and Police Experience, Ward's Involvement With The Cover-up At Harlem Mosque #7, Career in New York City and State Government, Life After Retirement, Death
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“Gifts must affect the receiver to the point of shock.”
—Walter Benjamin (1892–1940)
“The higher, the more exalted the society, the greater is its culture and refinement, and the less does gossip prevail. People in such circles find too much of interest in the world of art and literature and science to discuss, without gloating over the shortcomings of their neighbors.”
—Mrs. H. O. Ward (1824–1899)