[Congressional Record Volume 157, Number 20 (Wednesday, February 9, 2011)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E181]
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   IN RECOGNITION OF THE 70TH ANNIVERSARY OF MILDRED HEMMONS-CARTER 
  RECEIVING HER PILOT'S LICENSE AS THE FIRST AFRICAN-AMERICAN FEMALE 
                            PILOT IN ALABAMA

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                            HON. MIKE ROGERS

                               of alabama

                    in the house of representatives

                      Wednesday, February 9, 2011

  Mr. ROGERS of Alabama. Mr. Speaker, I would like to pay tribute to a 
very special Alabamian today, Mrs. Mildred Hemmons-Carter.
  Mrs. Hemmons-Carter was born in Benson, Alabama, on September 12, 
1921. She began her college career at Tuskegee Institute at the young 
age of 15 and graduated in 1941 with a degree in Business. Mrs. 
Hemmons-Carter was a work study student under Mr. G.L. Washington, who, 
along with Tuskegee Institute President Dr. Patterson, spearheaded the 
Civilian Pilot Training Program and received her pilot's license on 
February 1, 1941.
  Mrs. Hemmons-Carter was the first African-American woman to receive 
her pilot's license in the State of Alabama.
  She continued her interest in aviation, and has lived her dreams of 
flying through her husband, Ret. Col. Herbert E. Carter, an original 
Tuskegee Airman.
  I am proud to honor the 70th anniversary of this important milestone 
and applaud Mildred Hemmons-Carter for her work in aviation as a 
trailblazer in Alabama.

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