United States military officer and fighter pilot (1916–1953)
Yancey Williams (alternatively spelt Yancy Williams, February 1, 1916 – October 22, 1953) was a U.S. Army Air Force/U.S. Air Force officer and pilot with the 85th Fighter-Interceptor Squadron and the 332nd Fighter Group, best known as the Tuskegee Airmen or "Red Tails".[1]
Williams is notable for his landmark 1941 federal lawsuit against the U.S. War Department for denying Williams' entry into the U.S. Army Air Corps's pilot cadet program based on Williams' race.[2] Leveraging tactics inspired by the seminal 1898 U.S. Supreme Court case Plessy v. Ferguson's "separate but equal doctrine, the U.S. War Department avoided the lawsuit, immediately creating the racially separate and allegedly equal 99th Pursuit Squadron (later the 99th Fighter Squadron) at Tuskegee Institute. This unit would be solely responsible for the training and possible deployment of all African American pilots, ground crew and support operations.[3][4][5][6]
^"Tuskegee Airmen Pilot Roster". CAF Rise Above. Retrieved 20 September 2021.
^Yancey Williams Vs. Henry L. Stimson, Civil Action No. 9763, (Suit on behalf of himself and on behalf of other qualified Negroes...for admission to Civilian Pilot Training Program), District Court of the US for the District of Columbia, November 18, 1941.
^NORTH COAST CHAPTER OF THE TUSKEGEE AIRMEN CLEVELAND. "HISTORY OF THE TUSKEGEE AIRMEN: Legacy of the Red Tail." https://www.ncctacleveland.org/history/
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