This program is open to the public, but REGISTRATION IS REQUIRED as space is limited and these talks quickly reach capacity.
To reserve your spot, call 847-391-5399 or email us at contact@desplaineshistory.org.
Our monthly Coffee Talk series is supported by sponsorships from Village Bank & Trust and the Kiwanis Club of Des Plaines.
Coffee Talks are free to attend. Please consider a donation of any amount to help us sustain future programming.
Coffee Talk
Thursday, July 10 • 1:30p
Location: Des Plaines History Center, 781 Pearson Street
Black Wings: Chicago's Pioneering African American Aviators
— with Michael Haupt —
Long before the Tuskegee Airmen, African Americans in Chicago took flight breaking many barriers that kept them grounded.
Aviation historian Michael Haupt, author of Aviation Chicago Timeline, introduces pioneering Black aviators Bessie Coleman,
Cornelius Coffey, and John C. Robinson (or the Brown Condor) and others who shaped aviation prior to World War II.
Chicago’s African American aviators broke through major obstacles, both inside and outside the U.S.
Discover how their determination and achievements helped pave the way for greater diversity and inclusion in the aviation industry.
