Lt. Ronald Johnson was the first black trooper in the Oklahoma Highway Patrol. He graduated from the patrol's academy in 1968 when he was 34 years old. Johnson had retired from the U.S. Air Force and applied to the academy the previous year but was told the department had "lost his application". And the commander at the time said the OHP was not ready for a black trooper.
Johnson reapplied the following year and, out of 26 recruits, he was one of seven men to graduate. He retired from the OHP in 1987 and passed away in 2011.
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