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A black Providence firefighter joined protests in the Rhode Island city Friday to share his own story of racial profiling. Terrell Paci, 23, was just chilling in full uniform in a friend’s ca… ...
Derek Silva, president of the Providence Firefighters Union, said on Twitter that “this situation makes clear that even in uniform, a young black man is not immune form the impact of systemic ...
Quention Curtis said he’s tired of talking about race and the Chicago Fire Department. It’s no secret that Black firefighters have lagged far behind their white counterparts for decades. What ...
A Black firefighter in upstate New York alleges a commanding officer pressured him to attend a private party in July that contained racist imagery. Jerrod Jones, a 14-year veteran of the Rochester ...
Alicia Shepard became Daytona Beach's first Black female firefighter in 2019. That fulfilled a dream of hers that began at the age of 6.
Old Station No. 31, at 1201 E. 46th St., will showcase uniforms and equipment, feature a video wall and a visual retelling of how Black firefighters helped shape the department.
Terri House of Aurora, left, shakes hands with Lt. Kathleen Hancock, the first black female firefighter in Aurora Fire and Rescue, as Hancock picks up lunch on Thursday, March 16, 2023. (Photo by ...
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. — They threw her new cellphone on the roof of the station house and placed nails under the wheels of her pickup truck. As she prepared to answer a call, someone poured ...
Verdin has been a volunteer firefighter for 24 years with the Village East Fire Co. and 6 years with the Black Bayou Fire Department. Angel Reese has a rousing return to Baton Rouge in an ...
Timika Ingram holds a jacket she had when she was a firefighter on Thursday, Nov. 19, 2020, in Charlotte, N.C. A group of Black firefighters in a North Carolina city have filed a grievance over ...