Wilson Daily Times, 21 July 1950.
Reid Street Community Center hosted Frank Wright’s Orchestra in a benefit dance for the Red Hots, Wilson’s all-Black volunteer fire company.
Big firemen’s dance!
Black Wide-Awake
Documents of Historical and Genealogical Interest to Researchers of Wilson County, North Carolina's African-American Past
Wow! I can relate to the been a retired Federal Firefighter. I can remember when I first started even in 1975 with just two black in the department. With a A & B shift I worked A and the other gentlemen worked B. But through it all I retired with 29 years 1 month as an asst chief. The son on a sharecropper from Johnston County North Carolina. And thanks be to God I am grateful for a great career. God bless all of those that are still only bad of you.
Thank you! I hope you’ve seen my posts about Wilson’s Black volunteer fire fighters, who formed in the late 1800s!