Arthur G. Worthy was raised in Marengo County, Alabama, had served
in the military, and was a student at then-Alabama State College
when he had a chance opportunity to become one of the first black
police officers in Montgomery. He consulted his wife Mildred and
decided to take the job. The year was 1954, one year before
Montgomery would make civil rights history in the Montgomery Bus
Boycott. Worthy found police work to be interesting and
challenging. Though he later left the police department to teach
school for a few years, he remained interested in law enforcement.
By 1964, the United States Marshals Service was seeking to
desegregate its ranks, and Worthy was nominated for a deputy
marshal position in the Middle District of Alabama. He served with
distinction in that job for twenty years. Among his memorable
experiences were serving papers related to the Selma-to-Montgomery
March, supervising the transport of deadly nerve gas, guarding
foreign dignitaries and witnesses in federal trials, and
investigating EEOC complaints.
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