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Article: Black firefighters commemorated
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- New York Amsterdam News
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- February 20, 2002
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Price, John
New York Amsterdam News
02-20-2002
In the face of the mainstream media's concealing the heroic rescue efforts
of African-American firefighters on Sept. 11, 2001, a Black photographer
has set out to capture and record the continuing history of a people.
Last Saturday, some 100 residents gathered at the Brooklyn-based Vulcan
Hall, home of the society of the city's Black firefighters, to watch
photographer Edmund A. Herman unveil artwork that commemorates the 12
African-American firefighters who died at the World Trade Center disaster.
"This project is based on the principle of Kujichagulia; it's about us
speaking for ourselves," Herman said. "I hope that people understand that
we have ...