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A Black Tiktoker Went Viral after Retelling A Horrifying Confession He Heard From an Aging White Ex-Firefighter
An ex-firefighter told a Black TikToker he used to leave Black people to die in burning homes.
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There Aren’t Enough Black Firefighters. HBCUs Want to Help
HBCUs and the U.S Forest Services are teaming-up to train the next generation of Black firefighters.
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2 Flint Firefighters Could Be in BIG Trouble after Leaving 2 Boys for Dead [Updated]
Last year, Lamar and Zyaire Mitchell died in a house fire in Flint.
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Black Firefighters in North Carolina Protest Systemic Racism, Demand Fire Chief Resign
OMNIBUS, an organization of Black firefighters in Winston-Salem, N.C., is fighting to change decades of institutional racism within their fire department. Fox 8 reports that the group, along with representatives from Emancipate NC, Hate Out of Winston and several other organizations, gathered outside of station 1 in Winston-Salem to demand that the fire chief and…
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Two Florida Officials Fired for Whitewashing the Faces of Black Firefighters on a Public Mural
The level of headassery that’s endemic to Florida is truly astounding. Even in a situation designed to be a layup, they find a way to turn it into an airball. Take, for instance, a recently unveiled mural that whitewashed the faces of two black firefighters. NBC News reports that two city officials in Boynton Beach,…
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Cleveland’s Only Black Female Firefighter Retires After 30 Years
After a 30-year career, Cleveland’s only black woman firefighter has retired. Channel 19 News reports that Daphne Tyus retired from the Cleveland Fire Department on Friday. Tyus was one of only three women in the department and, as the only black woman, she says it was a long and difficult road. “When I got that…