Inflation-adjusted economic indicator (price, return, salary etc.) reveals the true value of an indicator after removing the effects of inflation. Removing the effects of inflation from the indicator allows us to see , for example, the real change of an indicator without external economic forces influencing it.
Thomas had a reputation as guff and tough, a taskmaster as an administer who also remained a warm human being. Three years after Thomas became warden at HDM, James C. Harrison was named warden at the Brooklyn House of Detention for Men. Both were provisional appointments. Both titles were made permanent with formal swearing-in ceremonies April 29, 1969. Thomas is credited with the honor of being DOC s first African-American warden because his provisional appointment preceded Harrison s by three years, although both were sworn into their permanent titles the same day.
1 First African American elected to the U.S. Senate, and first to serve in the U.S. Congress: Hiram Rhodes Revels (RâMS).  First African American to serve in the U.S. House of Representatives: Joseph Rainey (R-SC).