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Black heroes of fire : the history of the first African-American fire company in Chicago : Fire Engine Company 21
- Title
- Black heroes of fire : the history of the first African-American fire company in Chicago : Fire Engine Company 21 / Dekalb Walcott, Jr.
- Author
- Walcott, Dekalb
- Publication
- Chicago, Illinois : Black Heroes of Fire Publishing Company, [2019]
- ©2019
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Details
- Description
- viii, 89 pages : illustrations, maps; 23 cm
- Summary
- "Engine 21 was Chicago's first organized paid African American firefighting company. [Walcott] provides information and insight on changes from slavery to freedom in the African American community and the political impact that affected change for African American firefighters, during this period of reconstruction in America"--Publisher marketing.
- Subject
- Fire stations > Illinois > Chicago > History
- Fire departments > Illinois > Chicago > History
- African American fire fighters > Illinois > Chicago > History
- African Americans > Illinois > Chicago > History
- African American fire fighters
- African Americans
- Fire departments
- Fire stations
- Race relations
- Chicago (Ill.) > Race relations > History
- Illinois > Chicago
- Genre/Form
- History.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Contents
- Black heroes of fire -- Engine 21, Chicago's fire Black fire company -- Chicago's reconstruction era -- The great fires -- Captain Kenyon's sliding pole -- The 19th century -- Photos to depict the challenges and changes of Chicago's Black community -- The 20th century -- Expansion of Chicago's Black community.
- Call Number
- Sc E 21-1029
- ISBN
- 9781495178306
- 1495178307
- LCCN
- 2018913792
- OCLC
- 1090642968
- Author
- Walcott, Dekalb, author.
- Title
- Black heroes of fire : the history of the first African-American fire company in Chicago : Fire Engine Company 21 / Dekalb Walcott, Jr.
- Publisher
- Chicago, Illinois : Black Heroes of Fire Publishing Company, [2019]
- Copyright Date
- ©2019
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Local Subject
- Black author.
- Research Call Number
- Sc E 21-1029