This was Marlon D. Green, a nine-year Air Force veteran with more than 3,000 flying hours who'd applied to various airlines to become America's first black commercial pilot in 1957 and was rejected 14 times on account of his race.
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They weren't all immediate rejections, but Green came to find that if he left blank the 'race' section on his application and didn't attach a photograph as was often requested, he was suddenly qualified enough to come in for an interview.
That was the case with Continental Airlines who rescinded an offer to Green to join their co-pilot training program that year, leading Green to take his case to the Colorado Anti-Discrimination Commission who secured a court order mandating that he be accepted into the next one...
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