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A white P-80 pilot standing next to a plane and speaking to African American Marcus H. Ray, Civilian Aide to the Secretary of War, as four other African American men look on and listen, Army Air Forces Wright Field, Dayton, Ohio

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Caption on back: "On a recent tour of the Army Air Force's Wright Field in Dayton, Ohio, Marcus H. Ray, Civilian Aide to the Secretary of War, found that integration of white and Negro civilian workers at the field had been accomplished without fanfare. Above a P-80 pilot tells Mr. Ray about the Air Force's newest plane. Left to right: Al Dunmore, Ohio editor of the Pittsburgh Courier; Chauncey Spencer, Racial Relations Advisor at Wright Field; the P-80 pilot and Mr. Ray; Leon Taylor, Ohio representative of the Associated Negro Press and Jake Gaitor, instructor at Wilberforce University. 8-1-46.
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Photographs Gelatin Silver Prints
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United States. Army
Created Date:
1946 08 01
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Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Photographs and Prints Division. The New York Public Library

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Keywords

  1. African American Men
  2. African American Soldiers
  3. African Americans
  4. Armed Forces
  5. Dayton (Ohio)
  6. Military Bases
  7. Shooting Star (Jet Fighter Plane)
  8. United States
  9. Wright Patterson Air Force Base (Ohio)

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