"Men of colour": race, riots, and black firefighters' struggle for equality from the AFA to the Valiants.(SECTION II RACE AND NATION)(African Fire Association)

From: Journal of Social History | Date: September 22, 2007| Author: McWilliams, John C. | Copyright information

Fire! Few exclamations instinctively instill an intense, visceral reaction that conjures up terrifying images of one's home engulfed in flames, families left homeless, or worse, the loss of life. Benjamin Franklin recognized this potential danger in 1735, when he declared fire "the fiercest enemy of property" in his Pennsylvania Gazette. Subsequent articles calling for the creation of a volunteer fire association resulted in the formation of the Union Fire Company, whose members we...

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