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Willa Beatrice Brown (January 22, 1906 – July 18, 1992) was an American aviator, lobbyist, teacher, and civil rights activist. [1] She was the first African American woman to earn a pilot's license in the United States, [2] the first African American woman to run for the United States Congress, first African American officer in the Civil Air Patrol, and first woman in the U.S. to have both a ...
In the entire 110 year history of the U.S. Navy, there has never been a Black female tactical jet pilot. Madeline Swegle has changed that.
In 1928, Bragg became the first black woman to enroll in the Curtiss Wright School of Aeronautics in Chicago. [4] [9] In 1933 [10] Janet (then Waterford) enrolled at Curtiss Wright Aeronautical University, [11] a segregated black aviation school managed by John C. Robinson and Cornelius Coffey. [6] She was the only woman in a class with 24 ...
American flight schools of the time admitted neither women nor black people, so Robert S. Abbott, founder and publisher of the Chicago Defender newspaper, encouraged her to study abroad. [4] Abbot publicized Coleman's quest in his newspaper and she received financial sponsorship from banker Jesse Binga and the Defender .
In April 2022, Ketanji Brown Jackson made history as the first Black woman appointed to the U.S. Supreme Court. As a young woman, she loved the law and set her sights on Harvard University.
February is Black History Month, and while the observance began as a history week back in February of 1926, by 1976, it was officially extended into the month-long recognition it is today. To ...
Azellia White (June 3, 1913 – September 15, 2019) was an American aviator who was one of the first African-American women to earn a pilot's license in Texas. [1] She is recognized as a trailblazer, overcoming widespread perceptions at the time, "that neither women nor African Americans were qualified to fly airplanes."
“The one thing I feel is lacking in Hollywood today is an understanding of the beauty, the power, the sexuality, the uniqueness, the humor of being a regular Black woman.” —Viola Davis 18.