A Letter On Love, Loss And Legacy From The Granddaughter Of The First U.S. Black Naval Officer, Jesse Brown

The New York Times – T Magazine:

By · Updated November 11, 2022

My grandfather – Jesse Leroy Brown, the nation’s first Black naval aviator – was killed in action during the Korean War on December 3rd, 1950, when he was only 24 years old. The only child born of Jesse and

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