Interview: Joseph A. Marshall

Interview: Joseph A. Marshall

Fire extinction.

African Americans--Politics and government.

African American fire fighters

African Americans--Employment.

African Americans--Social conditions.

Philadelphia (Pa.)--Social conditions.

Race discrimination.

United States--Race relations.

African Americans--Segregation

Philadelphia (Pa.)--Social life and customs.

Fire fighting practices

A self-described “Old Philadelphian,” Joseph A. Marshall (1901-1990) was born and raised in the Germantown neighborhood of Philadelphia. In 1923, he joined Engine Company No. 11, located at 1016 South Street, the only firehouse to employ African Americans until desegregation of the Philadelphia Fire Department in 1952. Marshall served the fire department for twenty-three years before retiring in 1946. In 1974, he published "Leather Lungs," a short history of Engine Company No. 11 and his own career in the Philadelphia Fire Department.

1986-05-22

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2014OH206GN058

Charles Hardy

Joseph A. Marshall

Fire extinction--Examinations, questions, etc.

Racism in the workplace

Fire fighters--Labor unions

African Americans--Recreation

African American leadership

African American neighborhoods