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Description
6 images. Fire Commission hearing on segregation,14 October 1954. Captain James Brewer Captain Ben I. Brewer Robert A. Hatfield (Chairman of Committee) Captain Benjamin F. Renfro Captain Leonard L. Bice William Wood (who claims to represent Grand Lodge of Negro Masons) Richard K. Yeaman (Commissioner). Caption slip reads: "Photographer: Paegel. Date: 10-14. Reporter: Bernstein. Assignment: Fire Commission. Members of Fact Finding Committee, from left: Capt. James A. Brewer Capt. Ben I. Brewer Auto Fireman Robert A. Hatfield (Chairman of Committee) Capt. Benjamin F. Renfro and Capt. Leonard L. Bice. William Wood, who claims to represent Grand Lodge of Negro Masons, argues with Fire Commissioner Richard K. Yeaman. Crowd shots of firemen in 'overflow room' at fire station during Commission meet".
Type
image
Format
6 photographs : negatives, b&w 13 x 10 cm. negatives (photographic) photographs
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