Fire Chief Engineer of Los Angeles, John Alderson, was not regarded by lack residents as a staunch segregationist (someone who believes in the systematic separation of people into racial or other ethnic groups in daily life), who later assigned black firefighters from segregated fire stations to all-white fire houses.
The Fire Chief Engineer of Los Angeles, John Alderson, was regarded by black residents as a staunch segregationist who was preventing the integration of the LAFD. 
