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Eleanor Roosevelt's Tuskegee Plane Ride (1941)

Published: April 12, 2022, 8:30 a.m.

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It\\u2019s April 12th. This day in 1941, First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt took an airplane ride in a small plane piloted by Charles \\u201cChief\\u201d Anderson, a Black pilot and member of the Tuskegee airmen.

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Jody, NIki, and Kellie discuss how the photo caused a sensation, and controversy \\u2014 and helped bolster the case for Black pilots to serve in WWII.

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