"About this title" may belong to another edition of this title. All the medals he received, however, weren't enough to fend off the prejudice he still faced when he returned to the United States. He ran away from home at twelve and eventually made his way to France, where he joined the French Foreign Legion and later the Lafayette Flying Corps, to become the world's first black fighter pilot. and even the threat of lynching, but while growing up, he had listened spellbound to his father's stories about how France treated everyone equally. Eugene had faced discrimination in the U.S. Before the United States joined World War I, a few Americans fought on France's side, including Eugene Jacques Bullard, the grandson of a slave. Bullard was born in 1895 in Columbus, Georgia, and became the first ever-black fighter pilot. This fast-paced and informative YA biography tells the story of pioneering black aviator Eugene Bullard from his birth in 1895 to his combat experiences in both World War I and II and, finally, his return to America. Stated in a press release from Robins Air Force Base, 2nd Lt. Author Larry Greenly’s biography includes numerous historical photographs of Bullard throughout his travels. Bullard was all but ignored in the United States, even as, at age sixty-four in 1959, he was made a Chevalier of the French Legion of Honor.Įugene Bullard’s is a remarkable story of accomplishment despite racial prejudice. He returned to the United States with a chest full of medals, but once again faced discrimination. He saw fierce combat during World War I and was wounded multiple times. He ran away from home at twelve and eventually made his way to France, where he joined the French Foreign Legion and later the Lafayette Flying Corps. Bullard contended that he could, accepted the bet and on October 5, 1916, arrived at the French aerial gunnery school at Cazaux on the Atlantic. While convalescing in Paris, his friend and fellow Southerner Jeff Davis Dixon bet Bullard 2,000 that he could not get into the French Air Force. ![]() Growing up in Georgia, Bullard faced discrimination and the threat of lynching. Jeff Davis Dixon bet with Jacques Bullard for 2,000. Pioneering black aviator Eugene Bullard, descended from slaves, became the world’s first black fighter pilot, though he was barred from serving the United States because of the color of his skin.
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