Jacquelyn Barrett

Jacquelyn Barrett

African-American sheriff

📍 Charlotte, North Carolina USA

Public Career & Background Dossier

Jacquelyn Harrison Barrett served three terms as sheriff of Fulton County, Georgia, making her the first African-American woman to ever receive the title in the United States. After a "reverse discrimination" lawsuit was filed against her by 18 deputy sheriffs, Barrett was suspended from office by Governor Sonny Perdue in 2004. She did not run for a fourth term.

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