While African Americans were making strides in military and general aviation, the area of commercial aviation remained a mostly closed society. With few exceptions, Blacks were unknown in commercial aviation during the post-war years. It wasn't until the advent of the civil rights movement in the 1960s that some of the barriers came down.

		August Martin Marlon Green David E. Harris Les Morris John Gordon Woodson Fountain Louis Freeman Marvin Perry Jones Other Noteworthy Black Pilots  Women Pilots