The 1920s was a very rough time for African americans but they made there mark none the less by achieving great heights literally. Ever heard the names Bessie Coleman , Eugene Jacques Bullard , or Cornelius Coffey. Probably not so but they have made a big impact on the african american people with there aviation skills. Willa Brown for example was the first African American woman to earn her pilot license in the united states when back then african americans where not even allowed to go to school for aviation. The Tuskegee Airmen where the first black military aviators in the U.S. Armed Forces. These where the first african american men to protect and serve there country and they where some of the best of the best too. Then we have the well known Bessie Coleman and Eugene Jacques Bullard , Bessie Coleman who is the most associated with african american aviation in the 1920s she was the first woman to earn her pilot license. Then we have Bullard was the first first african american military combat pilot. All these pilots changed the game for african americans in decades to come with there remarkable accomplishments.
References: https://www.biography.com/news/bessie-coleman-black-pilots
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