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Lillie B. Knight was recognized by the Newport News Public Library (https://library.nnva.gov/) on February 24. 2024 in its Salute to African American Heroes of Newport News. Mrs. Knight was hired to work as a guard for the city jail in 1969. She worked her way up to become chief corrections officer and was officially deputized by the sheriff’s department in 1976. She retired in 1996 and passed away in November 2019 at the age of 84. Sheriff Gabe Morgan and Col. Shonda Whitfield, the first black woman chief deputy of the Newport News Sheriff's Office, attended the event to honor Mrs. Knight's contribution to not only the agency but to the community she served and loved.
Video from the Newport News Public Library We Stand For Justice event, which occurs each year during Black History Month. Background music: Price of Freedom by Zakhar Valaha daddy_s_music on Pixabay https://pixabay.com/music/beautiful-p...
Other inductees were: Mary C. Smith, the first African American librarian in Newport News, and Philip S. Walker, the first African American judge appointed on the Peninsula. We acknowledge the contributions of these trailblazing men and women. #BlackHistoryMonth #AfricanAmerican #BlackDeputySheriff #HistoryMaking #WeStandForJustice #NewportNewsVA #NewportNewsPublicLibrary #BreakingBarriers #Trailblazers #LawEnforcementOfficer