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Thomas C. Allen
Why the story of the first Black pilot to fly across America in less than 42 hours matters
James Herman Banning’s dream as a little boy in Oklahoma was to be able to have the experience of being in the sky in a plane. However, as high as his aspiration was, flight schools would not admit him because he was Black. He persevered despite the rejection until one day a former army pilot…
