Willa Brown
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Willa Brown was the first African American woman to earn a pilot license (1938) and a commercial license (1939).
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Willa Brown, pioneer woman pilot and president of the National Airmen's Association of America, succcessfully lobbied for federal funds in 1939 to support the NAA pilot training program. Located in Chicago, this was the first privately-run training school for black pilots in the country.
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National Air and Space Museum, Smithsonian Institution
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