Ken Little is a retired senior fire alarm operator and historian who has helped preserve the history of the Chicago Fire Department through his expertise on fire apparatus, firehouses, firefighters from both black and white communities, communications equipment, artifacts, and stories. He continues to promote the local and national history of fire services. The executive secretary of the Chicago African American Firefighters Museum thanked Ken Little for his assistance in helping to learn about and preserve the history of black firefighters in Chicago, presenting him with an award for his lifetime of service documenting the city's fire department history.

1. A short story of Ken Little-Retired senior Firealarm
operator/Historian/Publisher –Citationpresentedat the HaroldWashington
cultural center, January 18, 2014, during afilm documentary presentation “The
Trials of Muhammad Ali”.
Ken little is a living legion. He has helped to preserve and achieve much of today’s
written/spoken/oralhistory involving the Chicago fire department, in particular:
experton fire apparatus’s, fire houses, firemen by name some by history some by
personalrelationship both black & white, fire departmentcommunications, fire
artifactsand fire stories.
He hasand continuesto promote the history of the fire service locally and
nationally. I have found his help in my effortsto learn aboutblack firefightersa
god sent for most of the information thatI have derived hasbeen with Mr. Ken
Little’s help.
Mr. Little I wantto thank you for your help and supportin helping me to
accomplish my goalof preserving Chicago’sFire History, particularly African
American Firefightershistory. AsExecutive Secretary of the African American
FirefightersMuseum I would like to presentyou with this token of our
appreciation for your Life time of service to the History of the Chicago fire
department.
Dekalb Walcott, Jr.
Executive Secretary CAAFFM