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Joe Jordan: Huntsville’s First Black Fire Marshal Broke Barriers, Paved the Way for Others
From growing up in poverty to serving in the Navy and breaking racial barriers in the Huntsville Fire Department, Joe ...
WAAY-TV2d
Joe Jordan: Huntsville’s first Black fire marshal broke barriers, paved way for others
From growing up in poverty to serving in the Navy and breaking racial barriers in the Huntsville Fire Department, Joe ...
Black History Month: Hamden’s first female assistant fire chief paves way for young women
Shelly Carter, Hamden Fire Department’s assistant fire chief, made history and continues to pave the way for young women to pursue careers in public safety. But she admits it was a career that she had ...
Black History Month: The first black firefighter in Florence
On September 21, 1981, at 24 years of age, Duster made history by becoming the first black fireman in the city of Florence, ...
CNN24d
For historically Black Altadena, the combined wildfire loss of generational wealth and personal heirlooms is indescribable
In the years that followed, racial covenants were deemed illegal, which sparked a White flight to the suburbs that enabled Black Americans ... I had to ask the fire departments to stop fighting ...
The New York Times29d
Shattered in the Fire: A Historic Black Haven
Image Victor Shaw, a former courier, was killed in the fire. Altadena was overwhelmingly white ... by a Black resident in part to address a strained relationship with the sheriff’s department.
D.C. plane crash live updates: Families mourn 67 victims after American Eagle jet and Army helicopter collide
Latest news and live updates after an American Airline jet collided with a Black Hawk helicopter over the Potomac River.
Air traffic controller ‘clocked off early’ on night of Washington DC plane crash – as it happened
Victims are being named after an American Airlines flight crashed with a Black Hawk by Reagan National Airport, leaving no ...
FireAid live updates: Gracie Abrams, No Doubt and others perform at L.A. benefit
Follow live updates on the FireAid benefit concert, which will feature performances from Billie Eilish, Lady Gaga and more, as they raise money for Los Angeles-area wildfire victims.
USA Today25d
A legacy destroyed: Altadena's Black residents fear neighborhood's soul may never return
A pair of prominent African American law firms have partnered with California’s Prince Hall Masons to launch a GoFundMe page dedicated to Black residents displaced by the Eaton Fire to ...
ESPN29d
Redick hopes return of Lakers brings 'some joy' amid L.A.'s fire crisis
L.A. players took the court before Monday's contest wearing special black warmup shirts printed with the Lakers' logo along with the Los Angeles Fire ... seat with giveaway white towels featuring ...