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Willa Brown :
1937 was a big year for Willa Brown (1906-1992). She became the first African
American woman to receive a commercial pilot's license. She also co-founded the
National Airmen's Association of America, which worked to get black pilots into
the segregated military. Later, with her husband William Coffey, Brown founded
the Coffey School of Aeronautics to train African American pilots for World War
II. Brown also served in the Civil Aeronautics Administration, Civilian Pilot
Training Program, and Civil Air Patrol.
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