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David McPherson

David McPherson

David Earl McPherson served as the first African American State Trooper of the Missouri Highway Patrol from 1965 to 1974. His interest in law enforcement began during his years in the Air Force as a military policeman assigned to the Strategic Air Command. His first assignment as a trooper was in Cole and Callaway counties, Troop F in Jefferson City, Missouri. In addition to his highway responsibilities, he worked in security and undercover criminal investigation.

In 1970, Trooper McPherson was assigned to transport Georgia Governor Lester Maddox during a three-day National Governors Conference at Lake of the Ozarks, Missouri. Their discussions helped encourage Maddox to appoint Robert Hightower as Georgia’s first African American state trooper, James Dearing as the first African American at the Georgia Bureau of Investigation, and Graham Jackson as the first African American to head the State Board of Corrections.

Books by David McPherson

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He Ordered My Steps

As African Americans found their place in mid-century America despite lingering racial prejudice, they steadily gained recognition for their contributions and talents. In that pool of talent was David E. McPherson, who recalls this changing society in He Ordered My Steps: Autobiographical Vignettes From the First African-American State Trooper of the Missouri Highway Patrol.

His story covers his childhood, his years as Missouri’s first African-American state trooper, and his later work in the business world, all guided by a deeply felt connection to God. The book traces the stages of his soul’s journey and the steps that led him to understand that he had been on a divine path all along.

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