LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) — On 13th Street, just south of West Broadway in Louisville’s California neighborhood, a century-old old brick building sits as a symbol of the city’s segregated past.
In December 1923, it became home to Louisville’s first eight Black firefighters.
“Their footprint is forever a part of the Louisville fire service,” Louisville Fire Capt. Donovan Sims said Wednesday.
Those eight pioneers fought fires alongside their white colleagues but they were separated at Engine Eight, at 725 S. 13th St…