Black firefighters still make up only 15% of the Chicago Fire Department. ‘I don’t want to talk about racism. What are we going to do to change it?’

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Black firefighters still make up only 15% of the Chicago Fire Department. ‘I don’t want to talk about racism. What are we going to do to change it?’

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Though three African Americans have led the Fire … on display at The African American Firefighters Museum on Feb … years, only nine additional African Americans joined the department.

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