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THE SKY


By ANASTASIA BUSIEK


LIMIT


Civil rights advocate, lawyer, and World War II veteran David James (PhB ’49) has made a life of breaking barriers.


”Man is by nature a terrestrial animal. He doesn’t belong in the air,” says David James (PhB ’49). He is speaking from experience. James served


as a military pilot and a member of the Tuskegee Airmen in World War II. He went on to become, among other things, the first African American salesman at the Burroughs Corporation, the first African American attorney hired by the American Bar Association, the first African American home- owner in Winnetka, Illinois, and a lifelong civil rights advocate.


James had always been captivated by aviation. As a child (one of 10 siblings),


he would take the streetcar from his home in the Woodlawn neighborhood to the airfield at Midway to watch planes take off. He remembers Italo Balbo’s landmark flight from Rome to the 1933 Chicago World’s Fair. “I have a souvenir from the flight, bringing greetings from the king at that time,” James says. “Mussolini was of course the premier. It was a big feat—a daring expedition and a demonstration of the potential of aviation. It was amazing. It was wonderful.”


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