Thursday, February 13, 2025
PBS AMERICAN EXPERIENCE honors Black History Month by featuring Pat Banks Edmiston, Undra Mays and Casey Grant who paved the way for future black stewardess careers in a short film on “Civil Rights in the Sky”. The film shows how these brave women fought strongly for their rights to have the job they wanted despite the discrimination that was rampant during those times. Their efforts enabled career opportunities for others. The film was based on the documentary “Fly With Me” that aired February 20, 2024. See the short film here: https://youtu.be/-usX2ZNvvRA?si=2ZS3X9FgGdYkqGEy
You can also learn more about women who changed the world while flying it in Fly With Me, now streaming in the PBS App. The film features Dusty Roads and me, as Dusty’s biographer, as well as other pioneering women “who changed the world while flying in it” and who fought for the dignity to have a career not just a job.