Edward Dwight Jr. left his home in Kansas City, Kansas, in the early 1960s to become one of the nation’s first Black astronauts. Racism and politics soon crashed that ambition. “It was hell ...

The first Black pilot to be hired by a major U.S. airline, Capt. David Harris has died. Harris died on March 8 in Marietta, Ga. at 89 years old. He had a three-decade career as a pilot and ...

Harris opened the doors and inspired countless Black pilots to pursue their dreams ... Harris applied to be a pilot at several commercial airlines. Cottman told NPR that only American responded.

FORT WORTH, Texas — David Harris, the first Black pilot to fly a commercial plane for a major airline and the first Black man to achieve the rank of Captain for any major U.S. commercial airline ...

“It was the white man’s domain,” he stated. However, that all changed after he saw a photo in the paper depicted “a downed Black pilot in Korea.” Dwight was elated—“I ...

“It was the white man’s domain,” he says. But while in college, he saw in a newspaper, above the fold, an image of a downed Black pilot in Korea. “I said, ‘Oh my God, they’re letting ...

The flight was in honor of Bessie Coleman, who became the first Black woman to earn a pilot’s license in 1921. (American Airlines) It’s been more than a century since Bessie Coleman made ...