LITTLE LECTURES - "Rose Agnes Rolls Cousins: Black Dreams in Blue Skies" скачать в хорошем качестве

LITTLE LECTURES - "Rose Agnes Rolls Cousins: Black Dreams in Blue Skies"

Throughout a life of dignity and perseverance, aviation pioneer Rose Agnes Rolls Cousins (1920-2006) fought for civil rights and equal treatment. Born into segregation in Fairmont, West Virginia, she enrolled at West Virginia State College at age 16. The young firebrand soon became the first Black woman admitted as a solo pilot into State’s new Civilian Pilot Training Program—and eventually tried out for the combat training course that birthed the Tuskegee Airmen. Scholar and performer Ilene Evans shares a brief look into the life of Agnes Cousins. Evans has portrayed Harriet Tubman for the Council’s History Alive! program for two decades, teaches at Fairmont State University, and is the artistic director of theater arts organization Voices From The Earth. #West Virginia #WV #humanities #blackhistory #history #tuskegee #ww2 #wwii #franklindroosevelt #blackexcellence #aviation #pilot #plane 0:00 Introduction 2:20 Ilene Evans, Black women in aviation 5:38 Introducing Rose Cousins 11:10 West Virginia State College 14:25 The Civilian Pilot Training Program (CPTP) 19:40 Racism in the military, 1920s-1940s 26:45 Rose returns to Fairmont 28:51 Q1: Black education in WV? 30:27 Q2: Rose's piloting after Tuskegee? 31:31 Q3: Dunbar High School's name? 32:26 Q4: Rose's career path after college? 35:18 Q5: Memorable piloting experiences? 36:10 Q6: Induction into Tuskegee Airmen? 37:20 Q7: Rose's written record?