Marlon Green

Bio: Marlon Dewitt Green was an AfricanAmerican pilot whose landmark United States Supreme Court decision in 1963 helped dismantle racial discrimination in the American passenger airline industry leading to David Harris hiring as the first AfricanAmerican pilot for a major airline the following year. Green was subsequently hired by Continental Airlines for whom he flew from 1965 to 1978.

Born: June 06, 1929 in Arkansas, USA

Died: July 06, 2009 in Arkansas, USA