Ten years after Charles McGee returned home from World War II as an accomplished fighter pilot and Army Captain, he couldn't get a job as a commercial airline pilot. "All I can say now is they weren't hiring blacks or women," McGee, 96, tells People. Although the Kansas City, Missouri, native was one of the most decorated pilots within the Tuskegee Airmen, the nation's first all-black aviation unit whose exemplary flying record helped influence Harry Truman's decision to desegregate the U.S. Armed Forces in 1948, the incredible hallmark did little to change how McGee was treated upon returning home. "Segregation still existed across the country,...
- 4/20/2016
- by Tiare Dunlap, @tiaredunlap
- PEOPLE.com
Ten years after Charles McGee returned home from World War II as an accomplished fighter pilot and Army Captain, he couldn't get a job as a commercial airline pilot. "All I can say now is they weren't hiring blacks or women," McGee, 96, tells People. Although the Kansas City, Missouri, native was one of the most decorated pilots within the Tuskegee Airmen, the nation's first all-black aviation unit whose exemplary flying record helped influence Harry Truman's decision to desegregate the U.S. Armed Forces in 1948, the incredible hallmark did little to change how McGee was treated upon returning home. "Segregation still existed across the country,...
- 4/20/2016
- by Tiare Dunlap, @tiaredunlap
- PEOPLE.com
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