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“Original 8” Winston-Salem Firefighter Who Helped Integrate the Department Dies at 104
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“Original 8” Winston-Salem Firefighter Who Helped Integrate the Department Dies at 104
Retired Sergeant Robert Grier, one of Winston-Salem Fire Department’s first Black firefighters, has died at the age of 104. Grier was born and raised in Forsyth County. He attended North Carolina A&T State University and served in the Army during World War II. In 1951, he became one of the “Original 8,” a group of Black firefighters who integrated the Winston-Salem Fire Department more than a decade before racial segregation was outlawed in the …
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