Records of the Office of War Information. 1926 - 1951. Artworks and Mockups for Cartoons Promoting the War Effort and Original Sketches by Charles Alston. 1942 - 1945. LIEUT. WILLA BROWN - AVIATRIX-MAKER OF PILOTS
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Brown, Willa, 1906-1992
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Willa Brown (b. Jan. 22, 1906, Glasgow, KT–d. July 18, 1992, Chicago, IL) was the first African-American woman to earn her pilot's license in the United States, the first African-American woman to run for the United States Congress, the first African-American officer in the US Civil Air Patrol, and the first woman in the United States to have both a pilot's license and a mechanic's license. Before learning to fly she worked as a high school teacher and a social worker. Brown studied with Corne...
Alston, Charles Henry, 1907-1977
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African-American artist Charles Henry Alston, nicknamed "Spinky," was born 28 November 1907 in Charlotte, N.C. He was the youngest of five children born to the Reverend Primus Priss Alston, who was born into slavery in Chatham County, N.C., and Anna Miller Alston. After Primus's death, Anna married Harry Pierce Bearden, artist Romare Bearden's uncle, and moved the family to New York in 1913. Charles Alston worked as a painter, sculptor, graphic artist, illustrator, and educator, gaining national...
