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Black History Trailblazers in Aviation and Space

Lt. Willa Brown (January 22, 1906 – July 18, 1992) was the first African American woman to earn a pilot’s license and first African American woman officer in the Illinois Civil Air Patrol in the United States. (U.S. Air Force graphic/Corey Parrish)

PHOTO BY: Staff Sgt. Lauren Douglas
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