Black Men Created America's Paramedic System—Then Got Erased In 1967, when someone had a medical emergency in Pittsburgh's Black Hill District, police or funeral homes showed up—with zero medical training. Wait times were longer in Black neighborhoods, and many were denied transport. So 25 Black men, many unemployed and some with criminal records, founded Freedom House Ambulance Service—America's first professional paramedic service. According to BlackPast.org, they were trained by Dr. Peter Saf
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