TRIUMPH

The journey of an African-American from childhood to Fire Chief

Biography & Memoir
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Author: FLOYD JORDAN ISBN: 9781948556194
Publisher: Toplink Publishing, LLC Publication: January 15, 2018
Imprint: TOPLINK PUBLISHING, LLC Language: English
Author: FLOYD JORDAN
ISBN: 9781948556194
Publisher: Toplink Publishing, LLC
Publication: January 15, 2018
Imprint: TOPLINK PUBLISHING, LLC
Language: English

Triumph is the story of my journey through the fire service and has been a dream of mine since I was promoted to the rank of fire lieutenant in 1974. Writing this story and reliving many events was painful, such as the blatant racism and disrespect experienced on duty the day Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated in Memphis, Tennessee; and when the fire****fighters union expelled all the black fire****fighters from membership when they refused to disband their association as members of the Black Fire****fighters Association; and “Scrotum on the head”, the worst scandal in the Miami Fire Department’s history, are a few of the most important stories revealed in my book. But this story is not just about pain, it is also about the joy of triumphing over the “Jim Crow” obstacles and barriers that were endemic for trailblazing black fire****fighters from the mid 1960’s and beyond.

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Triumph is the story of my journey through the fire service and has been a dream of mine since I was promoted to the rank of fire lieutenant in 1974. Writing this story and reliving many events was painful, such as the blatant racism and disrespect experienced on duty the day Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated in Memphis, Tennessee; and when the fire****fighters union expelled all the black fire****fighters from membership when they refused to disband their association as members of the Black Fire****fighters Association; and “Scrotum on the head”, the worst scandal in the Miami Fire Department’s history, are a few of the most important stories revealed in my book. But this story is not just about pain, it is also about the joy of triumphing over the “Jim Crow” obstacles and barriers that were endemic for trailblazing black fire****fighters from the mid 1960’s and beyond.

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