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Mar 24, 2016 · Author Casey Grant, shown here with crew members and friends in the 1980s, says in the early days of her career, working as a flight attendant was glamorous and allowed her, and other black women ...
Feb 19, 2024 · Casey Grant, who lives in Chicago and is featured in Fly With Me, was among the first Black flight attendants for Delta Airlines when she began her 35-year career there in 1971. Just over a decade prior, a woman named Patricia Banks Edmiston had filed a complaint against Capital Airlines for discriminatory hiring practices and won her case, and ...
Feb 16, 2024 · CHICAGO (WLS) -- Casey Grant was one of the first Black women to become a flight attendant, and she is still working to get more Black representation in the air. "It was a turbulent time because ...
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Apr 1, 2016 · Former flight attendant Casey Grant shared the trials and tribulations of being one of the first Black flight attendants in the country in a recent interview with NBC Black.. The now-retired Grant ...
Feb 16, 2024 · In honor of International Black Aviation Day (IBAD), Feb. 16, we had the distinct privilege of speaking with Casey Grant, a trailblazer in aviation history.Casey, a pioneer as one of the first African American flight attendants, is the author of the award-winning book, “Stars in the Sky”, which chronicles her journey and the stories of other Black pioneers in aviation.
Black flight attendants of the mid-20th century made invaluable contributions to the pursuit of civil rights through actively challenging and subverting the narrow standards of what it meant to represent their profession during this era. Courtesy of retired Delta Air Lines stewardess Casey Grant, a collection of materials donated to the Museum including uniforms, pins, awards and certificates ...
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Jan 28, 2023 · Casey Grant, one of Delta Air Lines’ first Black female flight attendants, is scheduled to give a presentation both in-person and virtual at the International Women’s Air & Space Museum.
