{"id":402,"date":"2021-03-06T00:53:54","date_gmt":"2021-03-06T00:53:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/flyfortheculture.org\/magazine\/?p=402"},"modified":"2021-04-01T15:24:48","modified_gmt":"2021-04-01T19:24:48","slug":"eugene-bullard-made-history-as-americas-first-black-fighter-pilot","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/flyfortheculture.org\/magazine\/eugene-bullard-made-history-as-americas-first-black-fighter-pilot\/","title":{"rendered":"Eugene Ballard"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>At the Caf\u00e9 Copoule in Paris in the spring of 1916, three American soldiers of the French Foreign Legion were commiserating with a fourth who was convalescing from a shrapnel wound. Jeff Dickson, a white Mississippian, asked Eugene Bullard, his injured black comrade in arms from Georgia, \u201cGene, suppose they find you\u2019re too lame for the infantry?\u201d Bullard\u2019s answer raised eyebrows around the table: \u201cI\u2019ll go into the Air Service.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cAir Force?\u201d Dickson exclaimed. \u201cYou know damn well, Gene, there aren\u2019t any Negroes in aviation.\u201d \u201cSure do,\u201d Bullard said. \u201cThat\u2019s why I want to get into it. There must be a first to everything, and I\u2019m going to be the first Negro military pilot.\u201d That friendly argument swiftly evolved into a $2,000 wager. Bullard, who would emerge as history\u2019s first certified black American aviator, won the bet.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.historynet.com\/eugene-bullard-americas-first-black-fighter-pilot.htm\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.historynet.com\/eugene-bullard-americas-first-black-fighter-pilot.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">READ MORE&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>At the Caf\u00e9 Copoule in Paris in the spring of 1916, three American soldiers of the French Foreign Legion were commiserating with a fourth who was convalescing from a shrapnel wound. 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