Bradenton’s first Black firefighter inspired a police chief, code officer

When Michael Lowe became the first African American firefighter with the City of Bradenton in 1975, it didn’t just get the community’s attention.

It got his younger brother’s, too.

“I saw him be the first and it inspired me,” Garry Lowe said. “Made up my mind that’s what I wanted to do, too.”…

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