Research Catalog

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Description

1. viii, 89 pages : illustrations, maps; 23 cm

Summary

1. "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

1. Fire stations > Illinois > Chicago > History
2. Fire departments > Illinois > Chicago > History
3. African American fire fighters > Illinois > Chicago > History
4. African Americans > Illinois > Chicago > History
5. African American fire fighters
6. African Americans
7. Fire departments
8. Fire stations
9. Race relations
10. Chicago (Ill.) > Race relations > History
11. Illinois > Chicago

Genre/Form

1. History.

Contents

1. 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

1. Sc E 21-1029

Bibliography (note)

1. Includes bibliographical references.

Author

1. Walcott, Dekalb, author.

Title

1. Black heroes of fire : the history of the first African-American fire company in Chicago : Fire Engine Company 21 / Dekalb Walcott, Jr.

Publisher

1. Chicago, Illinois : Black Heroes of Fire Publishing Company, [2019]

Copyright date

1. ©2019

Type of content

1. text

Type of medium

1. unmediated

Type of carrier

1. volume

Bibliography

1. Includes bibliographical references.

Local subject

1. Black author.

LCCN

1. 2018913792

ISBN

1. 9781495178306 (pbk.)
2. 1495178307

Research call number

1. Sc E 21-1029