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It took the Secret Service nearly a century to hire its first Black special agent, Charles L. Gittens, in 1956. Another 15 years would pass before the organization brought on its first female agents, and still a few more years went by before Zandra I. Flemister became the first Black woman in that role in 1974.
Zandra Flemister, the first Black woman to enter the Secret Service when she joined in 1974, has passed away at the age of 71.
Hailed as ‘a trailblazer’, Flemister experienced widespread racism and discrimination during her tenure at the federal agency
Zandra Flemister, a pioneer who became the first Black woman in the U.S. Secret Service, has died. She was 71.