Denied a pilot’s license in Alabama for being a “colored girl,” Janet Harmon Waterford Bragg became the first African-American woman to hold a Commercial Pilot License. Like most Black Americans during those times, Bragg encountered numerous oppositions in her pursuit of a career in commercial aviation. Bragg was born on March 24, 1907, in Griffin, Georgia. She was the […]

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