Photo Courtesy of Warrick L. Barrett
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Photo Courtesy of Warrick L. Barrett |
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(3-11-06), you will find about 808 links! Perhaps among the most helpful are the following. |
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Your Internet Resource for African-American History on this "Biography" sub-section of the AFRO-American Almanac. The presentation is concise, but does summarize the most important events in his life and career. Y ou can access the page by clicking on the title above. |
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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
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Eugene Bullard: Black Expatriate in Jazz-Age Paris Craig Lloyd Product Details Hard: 217 pages, Publisher: University of Georgia Press (August 2000) List Price: $29.95 Used: $16.00 ISBN: 0820321923 |
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African Americans in Aviation by Jim Hastings "African-American folklore is rich in stories and songs about people flying. But in the early days of American aviation, racism forced blacks to go to Europe to earn their wings. Such pioneers included Eugene Bullard, who joind the French Foreign Legion in 1914 and was awarded the highest honor given by the French military. In 1921 in France, daredevil Bessie Coleman was the first black American woman licensed as a pilot." |
America's First Black Aviators by Philip S. Hart "...One group of aviators wasn't so well received during the ealry days of aviation. Black Americans who flew airplanes, and those who wanted to learn, faced segregation and racial discrimination. Many airports were off-limits to black pilots. And neither the United States military nor private aviation schools would train blacks to fly. In Flying Free, you'll learn how black pilots of the 1920s and 1930s overcame obstacles. Black aviators started their own flight schools, put on air shows, flew cross-country, and persuaded the military to train black soldiers for aviation combat." |
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Aviators Image courtesy of Richard W. Jackson |
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