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There's a folk tale that tells of a time when black people could actually sprout wings and fly.

Though it may be a myth, this young pilot actually took those words to heart.

This is Two-Minute Black History, what Chief of the U.S. Army Air Corps made it clear he thought black people didn't have what it took to be pilots.

There are no black units in the Army Air Corps and none are contemplated, he said.

But one black woman wouldn't take no for an answer, and she knew black people could fly.

Willa Brown, passionate about aviation, met and later married Cornelius Coffee, who was accepted,

then rejected from the Curtis Wright School of Aeronautics in Chicago because of race.

But they knew black aviators had power and potential

and had to find a way to expand opportunities. So they created their own school. Together, they formed

the Coffee School of Aeronautics, one of the first black-owned flight schools in the country. Brown was a natural publicity

whiz and got great coverage in the Chicago Defender. Soon, they had thousands of students.

Brown relentlessly petitioned the government to admit black pilots into the Air Force and

was wildly successful. Over 200 of her

students eventually became Tuskegee Airmen. Her passion for aviation, and especially her relentless

determination to achieve her dream and support opportunities for our people despite racist and sexist barriers

in her bath, transformed aviation and empowered thousands of black people.

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