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If Trayvon Martin were alive today, he might be graduating from college around now. Instead, it’s been more than five years since he died and his family never even got to see him graduate high school. To help honor Trayvon’s dream of becoming a pilot, Florida Memorial University in Miami Gardens, Fla. will grant him a […]

It seems as if Stephanie Johnson doesn’t know how to not make history. 20 years ago, she became the first Black female pilot for Northwest Airlines. In 2016, she became the first Black female captain for Delta Airlines.

Isaiah Cooper, 16, is the youngest African American pilot to fly over the continental United States, according to ABC13. The Compton teenager clocked more than 8,000 miles over 13 days and landed in the Compton-Woodley Airport around 10 a.m. this past Tuesday.

So many students are becoming pioneers, whether it is by being a first generation college student or creating nationwide campaigns, students nowadays are finding ways to distinguish themselves in every way possible.

Kadiatou Diallo will never forget the day she lost her son, Amadou Diallo, nor the police officers who killed him, one of whom received a promotion this week.

  The U.S. government allowed police in Ferguson, Missouri to restrict more than 37 square miles of airspace for nearly two weeks in August for safety reasons. But audio recordings show that local authorities wanted to keep news helicopters away instead. 

Last May while touring the Martin Luther King Jr. & World War II Memorials at the nation’s capital, Richard Overton wondered what it would take to meet President Obama. Well it turns out that it took just one phone call and a flight back to D.C. to make Overton’s dream come true.

At 28 years-old, Irving is the first black person, the first Jamaican person, and the youngest person to ever fly around the world on a solo flight. Irving suffered multiple obstacles in his quest to make that dream a reality. But he never gave up.

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