NASA History Listserv Readers:
Just a reminder about this upcoming event. Please contact Sean Seyer for more information.
Best,
Brian
Brian C. Odom, PhD, MLIS (He/Him)
Acting NASA Chief Historian
NASA Headquarters
Washington, DC
256-541-8974 (cell)
From: "'Neufeld, Michael' via Albatross SIG" <albatross-sig@googlegroups.com>
Reply-To: neufeldm <neufeldm@si.edu>
Date: Monday, April 5, 2021 at 10:08 AM
To: Albatross-SIG <albatross-sig@googlegroups.com>
Subject: [EXTERNAL] [Albatross SIG] Albatrosses April Seminar
The Albatrosses Aerospace History Seminar will meet again at 4:00 p.m. EST on April 29, 2021, when
Alan Meyer of Auburn University will welcome comments and feedback on his paper, “‘Last Hired and First Fired’: The First Generation of Black Airline Pilots, 1963-1978.”
This paper, from Alan's current book project
Flying While Black, focuses on the first generation of African Americans airline pilots after a groundbreaking 1963 Supreme Court decision forced the airline industry to end de jure racially discriminatory hiring practices. By 1978, fifteen years after
the first was hired, there were still only 113 Black pilots working for major U.S. passenger airlines, a statical drop in the bucket (just 0.25 percent) in the overall workforce. Analyzing the backgrounds and experiences of these pioneering individuals reveals
how supposedly race-neutral job qualifications remained a barrier for many other prospective Black pilots and helps explain the continued lack of diversity in the cockpit.
For security reasons, please email seanseyer@ku.edu to
preregister. The pre-circulated paper and conference Zoom link will be provided a week prior to the scheduled date.
If you are interested in receiving feedback at a future meeting of the Albatrosses Aerospace History Seminar on a scholarly work-in-progress related
to any aspect of aviation or space history, please contact seanseyer@ku.edu.
All the best,
Assistant Professor, University of Kansas
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