Willa Brown, 1st Black Woman to Earn a Pilot's License Willa Beatrice Brown (Jan 22, 1906 - Jul 18, 1992). 1st Black woman to earn her pilot's license in the U.S. 1st Black woman to run for Congress. 1st Black officer in the Civil Air Patrol. 1st woman in the U.S. to have b...

Willa Brown was the first Black woman to earn a Pilot's license. #WillaBrown #BlackAviators #BlacksandFlight

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Just finished All Blood Runs Red—the story of Eugene Bullard. As a young Black aspiring aviator, I’m beyond inspired. He overcame racism & became a war hero. His legacy fuels my dreams. 5/5. Read this book. #BlackAviators #EugeneBullard #AllBloodRunsRe

Texas Aviator, Bessie Coleman, with her plane. She was the first African-American woman who held a pilots license. She went to France to learn to fly because there was no white aviator that would teach her. (1922)

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Air Force reinstates course with Tuskegee Airmen video after outcry The Air Force pulled the course for review last week following the Trump administration's sweeping order barring diversity programs.

Good. Should have never been an issue to begin with.

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So apparently the Air Force is no longer allowed to teach about the Tuskegee Airmen. With that. I leave you with this.

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