Word: quigg
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Night of the parade, policemen were conspicuously absent from the Negro section. But on primary day, spurred by Police Chief H. Leslie Quigg who was spurred by publicity, police dispersed ominous knots of white men near the polling places. Before the polls closed, more than 1,000 Negroes cast ballots, mostly for the reform candidates. By City Clerk Frank J. Kelly's estimate, this was 20 times more than in any previous Miami election. Incidental result of the primary: the reform administration elected a complete city council...