• A group of African-American people pose and wave on the boarding steps of an aircraft.
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    Few members of minority groups flew before World War II. While the airlines were not legally segregated, airports often were. Until the Civil Rights movement began to bring about change, air travel remained mostly for whites.

  • A group of African-American people pose and wave on the boarding steps of an aircraft.

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