Tag Archives: NAACP

A federal court has ruled that a fifty-year-old consent decree that mandated strict race-conscious hiring quotas for Massachusetts fire departments has achieved its intended goals in all but three communities, and will be terminated on December 31, 2024. The consent decree was the result of a series of lawsuits brought in the early 1970s by the Boston Chapter of the NAACP.

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The fire chief of the New Britain Fire Department has been placed on leave following an investigation report that concluded the department’s sagging morale was in part attributable to his racial insensitivity. Mayor Erin Stewart placed Fire Chief Thomas Ronalter on leave effective tomorrow.

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A local NAACP leader in Louisiana has filed suit against the Lafayette Fire and Police Civil Service Board claiming that one of its member shared a politically oriented video on Facebook in violation of state law.

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A judge presiding over a race discrimination lawsuit against the Jacksonville Fire and Rescue Department has ordered the city to produce the report of a psychologist hired in 2010 to provide advice relative to avoiding race discrimination in the promotional process.

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An Auburn, Alabama firefighter is alleging he has been repeatedly passed over for promotion because he is black, and the NAACP is standing behind him as they seek to correct what they consider to be a longstanding wrong. Chris Turner ...

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On Tuesday, the US 3rd Circuit Court of Appeals handed down an important fire service ruling involving residency and discrimination. The case involved the North Hudson Regional Fire & Rescue in New Jersey. The department had a residency requirement that ...

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