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2	2	119THCONGRESS
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4	4	STSESSION H. RES. 151
5	5	Expressing support for the designation of February 16, 2025, as
6	6	‘‘International Black Aviation Professionals Day’’.
7	7	IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
8	8	FEBRUARY21, 2025
9	9	Ms. W
10	10	ILLIAMSof Georgia (for herself, Mrs. MCBATH, Mr. BISHOP, Mr.
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12	12	OHNSONof Georgia, Ms. ADAMS, Ms. BARRAGA´N, Ms. BUDZINSKI, Ms.
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14	14	YNUM, Mr. CARSON, Ms. DAVIDSof Kansas, Mr. FIELDS, Ms. KELLY
15	15	of Illinois, Mrs. M
16	16	CIVER, Ms. NORTON, Ms. PLASKETT, Ms. STRICKLAND,
17	17	Ms. T
18	18	ITUS, Mr. TURNERof Texas, and Mrs. WATSONCOLEMAN) sub-
19	19	mitted the following resolution; which was referred to the Committee on
20	20	Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committee on
21	21	Education and Workforce, for a period to be subsequently determined by
22	22	the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall with-
23	23	in the jurisdiction of the committee concerned
24	24	RESOLUTION
25	25	Expressing support for the designation of February 16,
26	26	2025, as ‘‘International Black Aviation Professionals Day’’.
27	27	Whereas since the birth of aviation, Black Americans have
28	28	made and continue to make significant contributions to
29	29	flight, space exploration, and the aviation industry as a
30	30	whole despite significant adversity;
31	31	Whereas aviation trailblazers like Emory C. Malick, the first
32	32	licensed Black pilot, James H. Banning, the first Black
33	33	pilot to fly across the United States, and Bessie ‘‘Queen’’
34	34	Coleman, the first licensed Black woman pilot,
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38	38	barnstormed through barriers such as racism and sexism
39	39	to have careers in aviation;
40	40	Whereas visionaries like William J. Powell, Jr., established
41	41	the Bessie Coleman Flying Club, sponsored the first all-
42	42	Black American airshow, wrote the book entitled ‘‘Black
43	43	Wings’’, produced a documentary film entitled ‘‘Unem-
44	44	ployment, the Negro and Aviation’’, and worked tirelessly
45	45	to mobilize Black American youth to pursue careers in
46	46	aviation;
47	47	Whereas Cornelius Coffey, a skilled Black American auto me-
48	48	chanic who dreamed of flying, and Willa Brown, the first
49	49	Black woman to earn both a pilot’s license and a com-
50	50	mercial license and the first Black woman to become an
51	51	officer in the Illinois Civil Air Patrol, organized a group
52	52	of Black air enthusiasts, established training classes and
53	53	a school of aeronautics, and helped promote the 1939
54	54	flight of Chauncey Spencer and Dale White from Chicago
55	55	to Washington, DC, to campaign for an end to racial seg-
56	56	regation in aviation;
57	57	Whereas the Tuskegee Army Airfield, after which the
58	58	Tuskegee Airmen were named, became a vital center for
59	59	Black American servicemen and servicewomen to train as
60	60	mechanics, control tower operators, and pilots of military
61	61	aircrafts, launching the careers of many notable Black
62	62	aviators, including General Benjamin O. Davis, Jr.,
63	63	Amelia Jones, Linkwood Williams, Lieutenant Colonel
64	64	Lee A. Archer, Major Charles Hall, Brigadier General
65	65	Charles McGee, and many others;
66	66	Whereas the Red Tails of the 99th Fighter Squadron and
67	67	later the 332d Fighter Group known as the Tuskegee
68	68	Airmen made pioneering contributions to the United
69	69	States war effort during World War II and the subse-
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73	73	quent drive to end racial segregation in the United States
74	74	Armed Forces;
75	75	Whereas, in 1958, Ruth Carol Taylor became the first Black
76	76	regional flight attendant in the United States;
77	77	Whereas, in 1956, Patricia Banks-Edmiston filed, and, in
78	78	1960, ultimately won, a discrimination case against Cap-
79	79	ital Airlines, paving the way for her to become the first
80	80	Black commercial flight attendant in the United States;
81	81	Whereas these historic firsts opened the skies for Black flight
82	82	attendants, including Joan Dorsey, Diane Hunter, Patri-
83	83	cia Grace Murphy, Undra Mays, Sheila Nutt, and Mar-
84	84	garet Grant;
85	85	Whereas Oscar Wayman Holmes was the first Black air traf-
86	86	fic controller and served as the first Black aircraft pilot
87	87	and the first Black commissioned officer in the Navy,
88	88	and Eleanor Williams became the first Black woman air
89	89	traffic controller in 1971;
90	90	Whereas Black scientists reached the stars through the bril-
91	91	liance and fortitude of historically overlooked and
92	92	unappreciated figures, including Katherine Johnson,
93	93	Dorothy Vaughn, and Mary Jackson, whose contributions
94	94	in astrophysics allowed the United States to send people
95	95	into space;
96	96	Whereas Black Americans soared amongst the stars when
97	97	Guion ‘‘Guy’’ Bluford and Mae Jemison became the first
98	98	Black American man and woman, respectively, to venture
99	99	into space;
100	100	Whereas former astronaut Charles F. Bolden, Jr., the first
101	101	Black American to be permanently named NASA Admin-
102	102	istrator, inspired the next generation of aviators and
103	103	innovators;
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107	107	Whereas the research of Black Americans like physician
108	108	Vance H. Marchbanks and psychophysiologist Patricia
109	109	Cowings made it safer for astronauts to travel to space;
110	110	Whereas Black inventors helped revolutionize air and space
111	111	travel, including through the long-distance airplane de-
112	112	signed by Charles W. Chappelle, contributions by Gladys
113	113	West to the development of the Global Positioning Sys-
114	114	tem (GPS), technology created by George Robert Car-
115	115	ruthers that allowed for photography in space, and the
116	116	power source created by Lonnie Johnson for the National
117	117	Aeronautics and Space Administration’s Galileo mission
118	118	to Jupiter;
119	119	Whereas Maynard Holbrook Jackson, Jr., the first Black
120	120	mayor of the City of Atlanta, Georgia, is renowned for
121	121	his diversity and inclusion plan to ensure Black business
122	122	owners had the opportunity to participate in the expan-
123	123	sion of Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport
124	124	into a major transportation hub, ahead of schedule and
125	125	under budget, all while paving the way for minority-
126	126	owned businesses to support the aviation industry
127	127	through construction, management, and concessions pro-
128	128	grams at airports across the United States;
129	129	Whereas, on February 12, 2009, on a flight from Atlanta to
130	130	Nashville, Captain Rachelle Jones Kerr, First Officer
131	131	Stephanie Grant, and flight attendants Robin Rogers and
132	132	Diana Galloway made history as the first all-female, all-
133	133	Black American flight crew;
134	134	Whereas Casey Grant, an author, aviator, and a pioneer as
135	135	one of the earliest Black flight attendants, has made it
136	136	her mission to honor the legacy and contributions of
137	137	Black pioneers in aviation through her books entitled
138	138	‘‘Stars in the Sky’’ and ‘‘Stars and Beyond’’ and her ef-
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142	142	forts to introduce a new generation of young Black indi-
143	143	viduals across the United States and in Ghana to the
144	144	field of aviation;
145	145	Whereas organizations including the Organization of Black
146	146	Aerospace Professionals, the Black Aviation Airline Pio-
147	147	neers, the Sisters of the Skies, the Bessie Coleman Avia-
148	148	tion All-Stars, the Black Flight Attendants of America,
149	149	Inc., the Airport Minority Advisory Council, and more
150	150	continue to preserve the legacy and support the future of
151	151	Black Americans in aviation;
152	152	Whereas Black Americans have long served in every aspect
153	153	of aviation, from skycaps who greet travelers arriving at
154	154	the airport, to ticketing agents who ensure travelers’
155	155	itineraries are in order, to ground crew, mechanics, and
156	156	many others who make the aviation industry safe and re-
157	157	liable;
158	158	Whereas the Federal Aviation Administration provides oppor-
159	159	tunities to eligible students from historically underrep-
160	160	resented backgrounds in the fields of aviation, aero-
161	161	nautics, and science, technology, engineering, and math
162	162	(STEM) through the STEM Aviation and Space Edu-
163	163	cation Program by recruiting candidates from Histori-
164	164	cally Black Colleges and Universities for programs such
165	165	as the Minority Serving Institutions Intern Program; and
166	166	Whereas public and private sector efforts to recruit, retain,
167	167	and support talented Black Americans through increased
168	168	emphasis on intentional diversity, equity, and inclusion
169	169	initiatives, programs, and commitments and investments
170	170	in programs that expose underrepresented groups to ca-
171	171	reers in aviation will ultimately help diversify the work-
172	172	force for decades to come: Now, therefore, be it
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176	176	Resolved, That the House of Representatives— 1
177	177	(1) expresses support for the designation of 2
178	178	‘‘International Black Aviation Professionals Day’’; 3
179	179	(2) encourages the observation of ‘‘Inter-4
180	180	national Black Aviation Professionals Day’’ through 5
181	181	recognition and celebration of the contributions of 6
182	182	Black aviation professionals; and 7
183	183	(3) requests that the President issue a procla-8
184	184	mation calling upon the people of the United States 9
185	185	to— 10
186	186	(A) recognize the stories and contributions 11
187	187	of Black American aviation professionals who 12
188	188	broke barriers, innovated, and took aviation to 13
189	189	greater heights; 14
190	190	(B) provide enhanced curriculum in 15
191	191	schools, libraries, and other places of learning 16
192	192	to educate all people of the United States with 17
193	193	respect to the contributions of Black aviation 18
194	194	pioneers; and 19
195	195	(C) support greater opportunities for Black 20
196	196	Americans in all areas of aviation. 21
197	197	Æ
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