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This website is made possible by the generousity of …….
Conway B.Jones Jr.
Colonel, USAF (Retired)
CoFounder: Oakland Aviation Museum
The Tuskegee Airmen were the first black pilots in American military service.
On June 15, 1921, Coleman achieved her goal—making history as the first African American woman to earn a pilot's license.
.....for the Black community in the early 20th century, the "Golden Age of Flight" was a battleground for civil rights. At the center of this struggle was a small, resilient village just south of Chicago: Robbins, Illinois.