Charleston WV Woolworth Fire, March 5, 1949
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@wvsky Has anyone read the newspaper clippings from the Daily Mail about the fire? I have and they are very interesting. I saw nothing racial or segregated in them. These men that gave their life were heroes. My great Uncle fought in this fire. It stated that 3out of 5 gas masks didn't work. Several men went to the hospital for smoke inhalation.. Yall get your facts right.
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Like I said...I was not alive then just going off what I've been told by those that were...maybe they've gotten confused in their old age :)...but thanks everyone for clearing it up for me.
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To LauraWVU:
Your comment that they were not allowed to go sit at the counter has me puzzled.
My grandfather was one of the 7 firemen to die fighting the Woolworth fire. I was born 10 days later - his first grandchild. Throughout the years, I have been only been able to view him through pictures and I have yet to see one where he was black.
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I love the Charleston history you help to preserve, Jerry.
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Of course not calling her a liar. Possibly she just assumed that? All four of my grandparents were alive back then, and none of them had ever said anything to me about Charleston being segregated. Unfortunately I can't ask them anymore, but Ive never heard anyone ever talk about lunch counter / diner / bathroom segregation in Charleston (other than Rock Lake Pool in Spring Hill, which was segregated by choice of the owner and wasn't advertised as a whites only pool).
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@kasketkyle I wasnt alive then, so I can only go off of what my aunt told me who was an adult at the time, living in charleston, and I do not think she would lie....
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@LauraWVU actually, the only Jim Crow law that WV had at the time was segregation of schools, as it appeared in West Virginia's State Constitution as Article XII Section 8.
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@kasketkyle because they were black.
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To Laura WVU..... Only two of the 7 firemen who died were Black
wvsky 1 year ago