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Short Stuff: Freedom House Ambulance Services

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Empowering Change: The Freedom House Ambulance Service

This chapter explores the founding of the Freedom House Ambulance Service in Pittsburgh's Hill District, emphasizing its revolutionary role in emergency medical care and community empowerment. It details how local residents were trained as paramedics, filling a critical gap in services for African-American neighborhoods during the 1960s.

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