Courage to Fight for the Right to Fly: America’s First Black Flight Attendants
L – R, Patricia Edmiston-Banks, Shaakira Edison, Jacqueline Jacquet-Williams
On our February 5 show we had the honor of meeting with Patricia Edmiston- Banks, the first “negro stewardess,” along with members of the Black Flight Attendants of America, Inc. (BFAOA). They will share with us their personal histories. These women had the courage to fight for their right to fly, broke the crew color barrier, and changed the course of history.
Although as early as 1941 New York state had laws on [...]
