June
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she/her 🏳️⚧️
NREMT 🚑
My opinions are my own ❤️
Reposted by June
Their groundbreaking work became the basis for all paramedics training in the country. However, despite its success—racism and power dynamics in Pittsburgh shut down Freedom House in 1975, leaving its legacy almost lost to history.
Black History is American History.
Watch a 30m doc here:
Black History is American History.
Watch a 30m doc here:
Freedom House Ambulance: The FIRST Responders | PBS LearningMedia
In 1967, Pittsburgh's inner city produced America’s first EMT service. Comprised solely of Black men and women recruited from the city’s Hill District neighborhood, the paramedics of Freedom House Amb...
opb.pbslearningmedia.org
February 28, 2025 at 4:53 AM
Their groundbreaking work became the basis for all paramedics training in the country. However, despite its success—racism and power dynamics in Pittsburgh shut down Freedom House in 1975, leaving its legacy almost lost to history.
Black History is American History.
Watch a 30m doc here:
Black History is American History.
Watch a 30m doc here:
Reposted by June
Freedom House was initially conceived to respond to the needs of Pittsburgh’s African American community who often times couldn’t rely on police and fire departments during an emergency.
February 28, 2025 at 4:53 AM
Freedom House was initially conceived to respond to the needs of Pittsburgh’s African American community who often times couldn’t rely on police and fire departments during an emergency.
Reposted by June
glad i opened that link to re-read it lol
January 11, 2025 at 4:27 AM
glad i opened that link to re-read it lol
if there’s any future left for the DNC, folks like you are it ❤️
December 19, 2024 at 10:24 PM
if there’s any future left for the DNC, folks like you are it ❤️