Triumph is the story of my journey through thefireservice and has been a dream of mine since I was promoted to the rank offirelieutenant in 1974. Writing this story and reliving many events was painful, such as the blatant racism and disrespect experienced on duty the day Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated in Memphis, Tennessee; and when thefire****fighters union expelled all the blackfire****fighters from membership when they refused to disband their association as members of the BlackFire****fighters Association; and "Scrotum on the head", the worst scandal in the Miami Fire Department's history, are a few of the most important stories revealed in my book. But this story is not just about pain, it is also about the joy of triumphing over the "Jim Crow" obstacles and barriers that were endemic for trailblazing blackfire****fighters from the mid 1960's and beyond.