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February 1st
Day 1: In 2020, PFCÂ Shaneria Robinson of the Delaware Army National Guard, a 15T Helicopter Repairer and a senior at Delaware State University became the first African-American female Crew Chief in the history of the Army National Guard. (Via )
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February 2nd
Day 2: Hugh Nathaniel Mulzac (March 26, 1886 – January 30, 1971) was an African-Caribbean member of the United States Merchant Marine. He earned a Master rating in 1918 which should have qualified him to command a ship, but this did not happen until September 29, 1942, because of racial discrimination.
In 1942, Mulzac was offered command of the SS Booker T. Washington, the first Liberty ship to be named after an African-American. He refused at first because the crew was to be all black. He insisted on an integrated crew, stating, “Under no circumstances will I command a Jim Crow”, and the authorities relented. With this, he became famous for being the first-ever black captain, the first black man to obtain a shipmasters license, and the first black man ever to command a fully integrated vessel. Under his command, over 18,000 troops were transported around the world, and additionally “carrying vital war supplies such as tanks, aircraft, and ammunition to the European front.
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