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Chicago confirms 1st Black woman as city fire commissioner

(ASSOCIATED PRESS) Annette Nance-Holt, who lost her 16-year-old son, Blair to gun-violence in 2007, speaks at a news conference in Chicago, Tuesday, July 7, 2015. Chicago has its first African American female fire commissioner. Annette Nance-Holt was confirmed to the post by the City Council on Wednesday, June 23, […]

Annette Nance-Holt, who lost her 16-year-old son, Blair to gun-violence in 2007, speaks at a news conference in Chicago, Tuesday, July 7, 2015. Chicago has its first African American female fire commissioner. Annette Nance-Holt was confirmed to the post by the City Council on Wednesday, June 23, 2021. She previously was first deputy commissioner. She will replace Richard Ford, who retired earlier this year. (Saiyna Bashir/Chicago Sun-Times via AP)

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