11 Apr 1941

United States
  • US First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt, ignoring the protests from her security detail, took a flight at the Tuskegee Institute in Alabama, United States as a passenger to African American pilot C. Alfred Anderson, Sr. This flight was later named "The Flight That Changed History" for it exhibited Roosevelt's confidence in the abilities of black pilots. ww2dbase [Eleanor Roosevelt | C. Alfred Anderson | Tuskegee, Alabama | CPC]
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Pilot C. Alfred Anderson and passenger US First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt, Tuskegee, Alabama, United States, 11 Apr 1941
13 Apr 1996

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