Audio recording clip of interview with Monroe Williams by Claytee D. White, August 15, 2000
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Part of an interview with Monroe Williams conducted by Claytee D. White on August 15, 2000. Williams describes his experience in the fire department.So were you the first two black people on the fire department? Yeah. So what was that like? The first day I went to the agility test. The process was kind of stretched out a little bit. I don't recall exactly when I took the written exam. But when I took the agility test, this guy — his name was Charlie Boy — called me over in the corner. He was giving the agility test. He called me over in the hallway. It was at Doolittle Recreation Center where they were giving the agility test. So he calls me over and says, "Let me speak to you for a minute." So we're standing in the hallway at the center there. He was saying, "Man, you don't want to go through with this." And I'm saying, "Go through with this?" He said, "Yeah, because they're going to be waiting on you." Who's going to be waiting on me? Now, you know, when I went to this agility, I was thinking, man, I really don't want to do this. I'm having a good time where I am, working a few blocks from my house because the hours ar
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