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A Midlands man breaking down barriers while fighting fires
Posted: 02.06.2012 at 9:03 AM
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Retired Captain Abram Coles Junior is 85-years-old and the only surviving member of the first original eight African-Americans who joined the fire department in 1953.

 / Fraendy Clervaud (WACH Video)
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WACH Fox is celebrating Black History Month with a look at the achievements made by African Americans in the Midlands. Our first piece focuses on a man who broke barriers while fighting fires.

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