‘Never Imagined’: Jersey City Firefighter Promoted to Battalion Chief 60 Years After His Grandfather Became City’s First Black Firefighter

The legacy of New Jersey’s first African-American firefighter, Thomas Gerald Taylor, has grown richer as his grandson celebrates his own career milestone as a firefighter. Dwayne Taylor, whose father was also a firefighter, was among six minority firefighters — four Hispanic and two African-American— who […]