From little to lieutenant: Newly promoted firefighter becomes first Black female to earn officer rank in Sumter

BY KAYLA GREEN
kayla@theitem.com
Posted 7/22/20

In the small town of Mayesville, a rural neighbor to Sumter, a little girl used to ride her bike to school. The fire station she passed every day, run by volunteer firefighters, a stereotyped boys-only club, was never on the radar of Little …

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