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The first Black female deputy fire chief in Boynton Beach, Florida is speaking out after she was erased from a mural honoring the city’s firefighters.
Former fire chief Glenn Joseph, who us Black, was also set to appear on the mural but he too was replaced by a white face.
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“I wanted little Black girls to look at that mural and know they can have their face on a mural,” said Clemons, the only Black female firefighter in Boynton Beach.
The mural has been removed and public arts manager, Debby Coles-Dobay, and the chief of the fire rescue department, Matthew Petty, have reportedly been fired over it.
Coles-Dobay claims she “was pressured to make this artwork change by the fire chief and his staff, as the city well knows.”
