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[https://www.weforum.org/stories/2022/02/what-is-critical-race-theory/ by WORLD ECONOMIC FORUM 20/8/25] | [https://www.weforum.org/stories/2022/02/what-is-critical-race-theory/ by WORLD ECONOMIC FORUM 20/8/25] | ||
Black History Month 2022 is being marked as American society grapples with the significance of Black history, with discussions around the relevance and necessity of critical race theory taking centre stage. This reckoning with racism was brought to the forefront of American consciousness in the aftermath of George Floyd's death at the hands of police officers in May 2020. | Black History Month 2022 is being marked as American society grapples with the significance of Black history, with discussions around the relevance and necessity of critical race theory taking centre stage. This reckoning with racism was brought to the forefront of American consciousness in the aftermath of George Floyd's death at the hands of police officers in May 2020. | ||
====='Segregated Skies' tells the story of the first Black pilot for a commercial airline===== | |||
[https://www.npr.org/2022/02/18/1080731249/segregated-skies-tells-the-story-of-the-first-black-pilot-for-a-commercial-airli by Elizabeth Blair 18/2/22 npr] | |||
When American Airlines hired David Harris in 1964, he became the first African American pilot for a commercial airline. The story of how he broke the color barrier in the clouds is the subject of the young adult book Segregated Skies by Pulitzer Prize winner Michael Cottman. | |||
