The Brief
- A honor for a civil rights icon who helped change the face of the Minneapolis Fire Department.
- Ron Edwards helped implement a consent decree that racially integrated the department in the 1970s.
- Now a bronze plaque dedicated to Edwards will hang outside MFD Station One in Downtown Minneapolis.
MINNEAPOLIS (FOX 9) – Decades after his efforts changed the Minneapolis Fire Department, city leaders want to keep Ron Edwards’ legacy alive.
He made a difference
What we know:
For Charles Rucker, Ron Edwards was a mentor, a friend and like a second father.
So it’s fitting Rucker was on hand for an honor for Edwards decades in the making.…