The African Americans in Aviation Traveling Museum visited the K-8 campus today.
This traveling museum pays tribute to black aviators in US History, including Pass Christian’s own John C. Robinson, the Brown Condor.
Mr. Chauncey Spencer II was a great inspirational speaker and shared his father’s story:
In 1939, Chauncey Spencer Sr. and Dale L. White Sr. flew from Chicago to Washington D.C. to advocate for Black participation in flight training. These two men convinced Harry S. Truman, who was then a senator, that funding should include Black aviators, which led to the creation of the Tuskegee Institute flight school in Alabama that had the first trained Black United States Army Air Corps combat pilots.
Check out his video that will soon air on ABC.
A great big thank you goes out to the Roberts, Ricketts, and Hinton families for providing this amazing opportunity for our students. #StrongerTogether