Retired Lt. Col. Harry Stewart Jr., a decorated World War II pilot who broke racial barriers as a Tuskegee Airmen and earned ...
Harry Stewart Jr, a decorated World War II ... Stewart had hoped to become a commercial airline pilot after he left the military, but was rejected because of his race. He went on to earn a ...
Retired Lt. Col. Harry Stewart Jr, a decorated World War II pilot who broke racial barriers as a Tuskegee Airmen and earned honors for his combat heroism, has died. He was 100. Stewart was one of ...
Let’s leave that in the past.” A major airline pilot, who requested her name be withheld for privacy reasons, had the opposite reaction. “[There are] different reasons that people clap ...
Harry told his junior high history teacher that his dream was to be a pilot. By his account, she responded sadly, “Colored people aren’t accepted as airline pilots.” Image Mr. Stewart in ...
Retired Lieutenant Colonel Harry Stewart Jr., a decorated World ... Stewart had hoped to become a commercial airline pilot after he left the military, but was rejected because of his race.