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WRTV: New museum highlights black firefighters in Indianapolis, hopes to recruit new ones
IFD: Video (November 26, 2024)
IBFA President Corey Floyd shares about the impact of the Thanksgiving Food Giveaway
Hoosier History Live: Radio Show (February 17, 2024)
IBFA President Corey Floyd shares about the history making legacy of Indianapolis’ Black firefighters.
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IndyStar: Article (November 21, 2023)
Indianapolis Black Firefighters Association gives away 400 turkeys and hams (Photo: Hali Tauxe/IndyStar)
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WRTV: Video (November 21, 2023)
IBFA Thanksgiving Giveaway/Mobile Food Pantry
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IndyStar: Article (September 2023)
Old fire station in Keystone-Monon will show Black firefighters' beginnings in Indy
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IFD: Video (June 2022)
Juneteenth Peace Walk
IFD: Video (2021)
IBFA President Corey Floyd and Vice President Trasey Graham share about their experiences in this fire department documentary
IFD: Video (November 2021)
Services and Procession for IFD Firefighter Gerald A. Brooks
FOX 59: Video & Article (November 2021)
City, fire department hold memorial for Indy Firefighter Gerald A. Brooks
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WTHR 13: Video (November 2021)
Indianapolis Firefighters Mourn Loss of Colleague Gerald A. Brooks
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WTHR 13: Video & Article (June 2021)
Indianapolis Black Firefighters Association Hosts a Covid-19 Vaccination Site
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WTHR 13: Video & Article (February 2021)
IBFA President, Corey Floyd Shares About The Vision for the Indianapolis Black Firefighters Museum
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IFD: Video (November 2020)
Procession for IFD Firefighter Matthew D. Bennett
IndyStar: Article (November 2020)
Indianapolis Firefighter Matthew D. Bennett Dies Unexpectedly
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Black Then: Article (June 2020)
Thomas Smith: First Black Firefighter in Indianapolis to Die In The Line of Duty
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FOX 59: Article (July 2016)
Station No. 1 Renamed in Honor of First Black IFD Chief Joseph D. Kimbrew
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WISHTV: Article (February 2016)
Dick Wolfsie Visits Black Firefighters Reunion
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IndyStar: Article (February 2015)
Retro Indy: Blacks First Served City as Firefighters in 1876
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IndyStar: Video & Article (July 2014)
Mayor Names Ernest Malone New IFD Chief
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(August 2000)
Firefighter Warren J.C. Smith Dies After a Simulated Drowning Rescue
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(August 1963)
Indianapolis Firefighter Roy Pope, Jr. Dies In The Line of Duty
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Indianapolis Recorder: Article (December 1962)
Negro Firefighters at 15 Of City’s 32 Stations
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