Black fire
Subtitle: portrait of a black Memphis firefighter
By: Robert J. Crawford Sr. with Delores A. Crawford.
Contributors: Crawford, Delores A.
Publisher: History Press
Published: 2007
Place of publication: Charleston, SC
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9781596293281
Subjects: Crawford, Robert J., -- 1931-; Fire fighters -- Tennessee -- Memphis -- Biography; African American fire fighters -- Tennessee -- Memphis -- Biography; Memphis (Tenn.) -- Biography
Genres: Biography.
Table of contents: title: Brief history of Memphis' first pioneer black firefighters; title: Growing up in Memphis; title: Leaving Memphis; title: When opportunity knocks; title: Training; title: Unwritten rules; title: Not without a fight; title: Separate but not equal; title: Gentlemen's agreement; title: Whose side are you on anyway?; title: The pioneer progress; title: You are not a tree; title: Talk little, learn much; title: Unacceptable compromises; title: The future is now; title: Disjointed alliances; title: And still we stand.