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In response to white Chicagoans mocking the first Black fire crew in 1872, they wanted to prove themselves as good, if not better

CHICAGO The year after the Great Chicago Fire, city officials kept their fingers crossed and hired six Black firefighters. The Tribune reported on Dec. 6, 1872, that a Black fire company would be stationed on the foot of May Street, and cautioned those who might decide to protest: “Any infringement on the rights of the members by the people residing in the vicinity will be punished by the . ....

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