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“As he explained in a 1917 interview, “I have been on the force 3 years nearly and never asked a man for his friendship or association. I made up my mind that I wouldn’t thrust myself on anybody. If they don’t like my skin, alright.” Unwilling to give the white firefighters what they wanted—an excuse to have him removed from the FDNY—he later shared his survival strategy and perspective in a letter to Wesley Williams, which he wrote after learning about Williams’s 1919 appointment to the FDNY in the Chicago Defender. 27 Williams received the letter upon entering the FDNY in 1919. As a teen, Williams had noticed Woodson’s picture and presence in the FDNY while reading about his daring 1916 rescue in the Black press.”
— Black Firefighters and the FDNY: The Struggle for Jobs, Justice, and Equity in New York City (Justice, Power, and Politics) by David Goldberg
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