Ginger Adams Otis: 1 book
Firefight
The Century-Long Battle to Integrate New York's Bravest
Language: English
Release Date: May 26, 2015
In 1919, when Wesley Williams became a New York City firefighter, he stepped into a world that was 100% white and predominantly Irish. As far as this city knew, black men in the Fire Department of New York (FDNY) tended horses.
Nearly a century later, many things in the FDNY had changed—but...
