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𝐁𝐥𝐚𝐪𝐮𝐞, by me.

He made his name in Chicago investigating racial violence, solving crimes, and exposing corruption. But America’s first Black private detective was hiding secrets of his own.

Our sister publication’s new issue is a fantastic story by Matthew Wolfe about America’s first Black private eye. Thanks to the Atavist, as always, for allowing us to share an excerpt with Longreads readers.

Though Bruseaux has since been neglected by history, he was once a household name in the Black community. But as he prepared to take on the Granady case, the biggest of his career, his public persona revealed only part of his story. He had become wealthy and famous by unearthing other people’s secrets, but the man known as Sheridan Bruseaux was keeping a few of his own.

Read “The Mostly True Story of America’s First Black Private Investigator” on Longreads.