In response to that put-down, Black firemen strove to prove themselves as good, if not better than, white firemen. Captain Joseph L. Kenyon of Engine Co. 21 calls his fire fighters the “best men ...

They opened the fall board revealing its black and white keys, flecked with caked ash. Jahi struck middle C. It didn’t move. Then he tried a chord. Silence. Between the heat of the fire ...

But the Eaton Fire ... Black community thrived for decades could now be gone. Authorities estimated more than 7,000 structures were damaged or destroyed in the Eaton Fire alone. Apocalyptic images ...