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Dale White and Chauncey Spencer Complete Goodwill Flight

Chauncey Spencer and Dale White complete a demonstration flight from Chicago to New York to Washington, D.C. in 1939. At the nation’s capital, Spencer met with Harry S. Truman, then a senator from Missouri, and other political leaders to advocate an end to racial exclusion in aviation.

Event Date: 
Sunday, January 1, 1939
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Chauncey Spencer and Dale White
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Chauncey Spencer and Dale White
Sub Category: 
Aviation
African Americans
Event Year: 
1 939
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