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Commentary: Blacks In U.S. History, Wornie L. Reed
Commentary: Blacks In U.S. History, Wornie L. Reed
Trotter Review
During Black History Month many people paused to discuss and reflect on the presence and the contributions of African-Americans in the history of the United States. During February two years ago we had a visit from a white Navy veteran from nearby Quincy, Massachusetts, who had his own black history story — although he did not express it as such.
Telling The Story Of The Early Black Aviators, Philip S. Hart
Telling The Story Of The Early Black Aviators, Philip S. Hart
Trotter Review
The story of America’s early black aviators from the 1920s and 1930s has been one of the neglected themes in American aviation history. My interest in this topic began with research into family history. My mother’s uncle, J. Herman Banning, was a pioneer black aviator during this nation’s Golden Age of Aviation. I remember my mother, aunt, and grandmother talking about J. Herman Banning back when I was little, and in my teenage years I tried to find out more than I had learned from these family stories and photographs, but it was difficult for me to locate any information …