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Black firefighters of Jacksonville, Florida, 1850-1905Entry/Object ID
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1 v. (various paging) ; 28 cm.
Black firefighters of Jacksonville, Florida 1850-1905 by Ruth Graham Ray and Jamie R. Graham.
Dedicated to the memory of Ruth Dixon Graham, daughter of a Black firefighter, who served Station #3.
Contents: Introduction -- Bucket brigade -- Volunteer fire companies -- Sacrifice of Henry J. Bradley -- Fire Chief Peter Jones -- Station #3 established -- Fire Chief Haney -- Fire of 1901 -- Station #3 rebuilt -- Demise of the Black firefighters -- Footnotes/Bibliography -- Appendix A: From the City charter amendment of 1899 --Appendix B : Chief Haney's report, Assistant Chief Singer's report, and Foreman King's report from the Florida Times Union, June 6, 1901 -- Appendix C : From the January 6, 1906 minutes of the Board of Trustees noting that a white fire company was placed at Station #3 -- Appendix D : Resolution of the City Council, Jan. 2, 1906 that 1 fire station should be manned by Black citizens defeated.
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African American fire fighters -- Florida -- Jacksonville., Jacksonville (Fla.) -- Fire and Rescue Department -- History., Jacksonville (Fla.) -- Race relations., Haney, Thomas W., 1860-1939., Fire Station #3 (Jacksonville, Fla.).Publication Details
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Ray, Ruth Graham., Graham, Jamie R., joint authorPublisher
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Jacksonville, FLCall No.
F 319 .J1 R39 1983