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Clayton G. Graham Public Safety Building

The Clayton G. Graham Public Safety building was named after a police officer killed in the line of duty in the 1960s.

Art Dorrington reacts to seeing his name on the rink after the ceremony. Tuesday January 24 2012 Atlantic City's Boardwalk Hall names it's ice rink after local resident Art Dorrington, the first black NHL player. (The Press of Atlantic City / Ben Fogletto)

Atlantic City's ice rink at Boardwalk Hall was named "The Art Dorrington Ice Rink" after Dorrington, who was the first black professional hockey player. While Dorringtondidnt grow up in Atlantic City, his name is synonymous with the resort.He moved to the city in 1950 to play professional ice hockey for the Eastern Hockey Leagues Atlantic City Sea Gulls. He is well known for being the first professional black hockey player when he signed a contract with the New York Rangers organization. His career was sidelined early due to a broken leg.

The Horace J. Bryant Jr. MUA building in Atlantic City, named after Bryant, who was an African-American civil rights activist. He was the first African-American to serve in a state cabinet position in the NJ government.

Horace J. Bryant Jr., who lived in Atlantic City for 44 years, was an African American civil rights activist.

In 1969, Gov. Richard Hughes made Bryant the state's first black cabinet member when he was appointed head of the Department of Banking and Insurance.

Bryant was elected as an Atlantic City commissioner in 1972 and won a second term in 1976.

He founded the Atlantic City Municipal Utilities Authority and served as president of the Northside Union League Federal Credit Union.

He died in 1983 at age 74.

Kenny Tolbert (12) plays little league at the Max Manning fields in Pleasantville. Manning was a former Negro Leagues pitcher. June 12 2007

The Max Manning Sports Center is located on Park Avenue in Pleasantville.

Max Manning was a Pleasantville native and a former Negro Leagues pitcher.

A 6-foot-4-inch right-hander with a sidearm delivery, Manning was a high school standout who played for the Johnson Stars in Atlantic City after high school. In 1937, he was contacted by the Detroit Tigers for a tryout, but the offer was withdrawn when the team found out he was black, according to "The Biographical Encyclopedia of the Negro Baseball Leagues."

John P. Whittington Senior Assisted Living Center in Atlantic City is located at New Hampshire and Madison avenues. John P. Whittington was an Atlantic City Housing Authority commissioner. Heserved two terms on City Council from 1982 to 1988, and was a long-time chairman of the Atlantic City Housing Authority.

The John P. Whittington senior assisted living facility is located at New Hampshire and Madison avenues in Atlantic City. Whittington was an Atlantic City Housing Authority commissioner.

He served two terms on City Council from 1982 to 1988, and was a longtime chairman of the Atlantic City Housing Authority.

The Ralph Peterson Sr. Community Center in the New HOPE Community in Pleasantville. The Pleasantville Housing Authority unveils a new neighborhood, opens a community center, and recognizes two longtime supporters with a ribbon cutting to celebrate the opening of the New HOPE Community and the dedication of the Ralph Peterson Sr. Community Center and Reverend Dr. Milton L. Hendricks Street. Peterson was a boxer, Pleasantville police chief and Pleasantville mayor. Monday May 5, 2008 ( Press of Atlantic City / Danny Drake)

The Ralph Peterson Sr. Community Center is part of Pleasantville's New Hope Community Village.

Peterson was Pleasantville's first black mayor, serving 16 years in the city's top job until he retired. He was Pleasantville's first black police officer and the city's first black police chief, eventually putting in nearly 34 years on the force before he became mayor.

And before all that, back in 1960 when he was a young police officer, he was the founder of "Pete's Boys," kind of a one-man Police Athletic League that got kids off the street and into sports.

Peterson died in June 2014 at the age of 81.

The Jacobs Family Center, which I believed is privately owned condos, located at New York and Baltic avenues, Atlantic City. The late Herbert Samuel Jacobs was Atlantic County's first black Superior Court judge.

Pierre Hollingsworth was well-known in Atlantic City and was the longtime city NAACP president and commissioner. He also received distinction as one of the first three black firefighters in the city to achieve the rank of captain. He also was the first black person to hold the position of Deputy Fire Chief of Atlantic City.

The fire station at Indiana and Grant avenues was renamed in his honor in June 2006.

Updated Brown's Park in Atlantic City before its opening on Memorial Day Thursday May 18, 2017. (The Press of Atlantic City / Edward Lea Staff Photographer)

Brown's Memorial Park is located at Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and Bacharach boulevards in Atlantic City.

The park is named after Sgt. Harold Brown, the first black resident of Atlantic City to be killed in World War II.

A bronze statue memorializes the park's namesake.

The John R. Jasper Jr. Memorial Fire Station in Atlantic City in 2000. The late John R. Jasper Jr. was the resort's first African-American fire chief.

Chief John R. Jasper Jr. Memorial Fire Station is located at Atlantic and Maryland avenues in Atlantic City.

Jasper, one of Atlantic City's first three black firefighters, was the resort's first African-American fire chief.

In 1956, Jasper became one of the first five blacks to integrate the city's firehouses when he was assigned to Fire Station No. 1, at Maryland and Atlantic avenues. Before that, black firefighters were assigned to the firehouse at Indiana and Grant avenues.

NICE----Michelle English , of Atlantic City , walks her boxer , "Bootsy" through the arches at the Oscar E. McClinton Jr. Waterfront Park on New Hampshire Ave. in Atlantic City on this nice day beforew the heatwave moves into the area..Monday July 24th 2006. ( Press of Atlantic City / Danny Drake)

Oscar E. McClinton Jr. Waterfront Park is located on New Hampshire Avenue in Atlantic City.

McClinton Jr. who was an Atlantic City resident, who devoted his time and talent to the community. He was appointed to the Atlantic City Housing Authority board of commissioners in 1974 and six years later was elected chairman. He was vice president and treasurer of Anchor Savings Bank before he died in 1982.

Friday May 25 2007 Future Legends Hank Aaron League baseball at Pop Lloyd Stadium for Atlantic City youths between the ages of 13-18. (The Press of Atlantic City / Ben Fogletto )

Pop Lloyd Stadium is located at 1200 N. Dr. Martun Luther King Blvd. in Atlantic City.

John Henry "Pop" Lloyd, the Baseball Hall of Fame shortstop, called Atlantic City home for much of his life.

He played baseball for more than 25 years, from the early 1900s-1930s, for several Negro League teams, including the Atlantic City-based Bacharach Giants. He was a slick-fielding shortstop and terrific hitter who owned a career batting average of .343, earning him induction into the Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, New York, in 1977.

After his baseball playing days were over, Lloyd worked as a custodianat the Indiana Avenue School.

He was famous for keeping a bucket of baseball mitts in the janitor's office and loved to teach the kids how to play catch.

Lloyd died March 19, 1964, at the age of 79.

The Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. School Complex educates Atlantic City students in pre-kindergarten through eighth grade.

King, a southern Baptist minister, fought for civil rights and social justice in the mid-20th century. He was the most visible spokesperson and leader in the Civil Rights Movement from 1955 until his death.

He was assassinated in 1968

Mayor James L. Usry Child Day Care Center was dedicated four months prior to the death of the longtime Atlantic City resident.

Usry became the city's first black mayor in 1984.

In his younger years, Usry played center for the Harlem Renaissance basketball team, a forerunner of the Harlem Globetrotters. He played pro ball from 1946 to 1951 after finishing a three-year stint in the Army during World War II.

He was assigned to the Army's Criminal Investigation Division, or CID, in Italy and once went undercover to help arrest a soldier suspected of a triple murder.

In March 1953 Usry took a full-time job in Atlantic City as a high school teacher before later serving as principal of the Indiana Avenue School, and was director of elementary services and director of community services for the city's schools.

Usry was an assistant superintendent of schools when he left the district to move into the mayor's office.

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