Nichelle Nichols

Nichelle Nichols who played Lt. Uhura on the original Star Trek series

Nichelle Nichols

Nichelle Nichols as Lt. Uhura on the original Star Trek did much to recruit African-Americans into the NASA space program

Nichelle Nichols

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CMSAF Thomas Barnes

CMSAF Thomas Barnes, first African-American to hold top Air Force enlisted position

Maj. Gen. Alfred K. Flowers

Alfred K. Flowers spent 13 years as enlisted before going on to retire as a major general after 46 years of service.

Col. Frederick Gregory

Col. Frederick Gregory: First African-American to command space shuttle

CMSAF Thomas Barnes

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Maj. Gen. Alfred Flowers

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Senior Airman Chanise Epps

Air Force photographer Chanise Epps documenting attack

Senior Airman Chanise Epps

Air Force photographer Chanise Epps documenting attack

Maj. Shawna Rochelle Kimbrell

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Archie Williams

Archie Williams goes over weather conditions before a flight

Archie Williams

Archie Williams at the 1936 Olympics in Berlin

Chanise Epps

(U.S. Air Force graphic/Sylvia Saab)

Michael P. Anderson

A memorial to Astronaut Michael P. Anderson who died on the space shuttle Columbia

Michael P. Anderson

Members of the space shuttle Columbia who died upon re-entry to Earth's atmosphere in February 2003.

Daniel James III

Gen. Daniel James III at his retirement ceremony

Daniel James III

Lt. Gen. Daniel James III who went on to head the Air National Guard

Lt. Oliver Goodall

Lt. Oliver Goodall, a Tuskegee Airman, was refused entry to all white officer's club

Lt. Oliver Goodall

Lt. Oliver Goodall, a Tuskegee Airman, helped end segregation in military

Nancy Leftenant-Colon

Retired Maj. Nancy Leftenant-Colon pins on brigadier general for Stayce Harris during a historic ceremony.

Brig. Gen. Stayce Harris

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Brig. Gen. Stayce Harris

Brig. Gen. Stayce Harris, the Air Force's highest ranking African-American female aviator

Lt. Col. Micheal Phillip Anderson

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