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A federal judge recently agreed to dissolve a 42-year-old court mandate on minority hiring within the Chicago Fire Department, finding that minority representation had increased substantially since its implementation in early 1980.
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Join local historian Kathryn Harris and Ken Page, past president of the Springfield branch of the NAACP, as they discuss the first Black firehouse in Springfield which was constructed in 1901. It was dedicated as the First Black Firehouse for African American Firefighters and the only firehouse in the city where African American Firefighters were allowed to work. The men from this firehouse answered the fire alarm for the homes that were torched during the 1908 Race Riot in Springfield. The tragedies from this event lead to the formation of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People.