White Doctor in Florida Claims Police Treated Him âLike a Black Personâ During His Arrest
Florida, man.
NAACP Lifts Travel Warning Against American Airlines
The NAACP announced Tuesday that itâs lifting its American Airlines travel advisory, saying it was encouraged by the progress the airline had made in addressing issues of implicit bias.
Things I Learned Yesterday After Being Stuck in an Airport for 10 Hours Because of a Flight Delay
Iâm writing this from a hotel room in Washington, D.C. Iâm here for a Q&A and book signing with Franchesca Ramsey Wednesday evening, and Iâll also be on Al-Jazeeraâs The Stream Wednesday afternoon. Because my day is so busy, I wanted to get here early just so Iâd be settled and ready, and my flight from Pittsburgh wasâŚ
Family Sues American Airlines for Wrongful Death After 25-Year-Old Nurse Dies on Board
The family of a black South Carolina woman who died in April 2016 on a Dallas-bound American Airlines flight has filed a wrongful death suit against the airline. The parents of Brittany Oswell, who was only 25 at the time of her death, allege that the airline refused to divert the plane for an emergencyâŚ
American Airlines Makes Anti-Racism Training Mandatory After NAACP Issues Travel Advisory
After a series of highly publicized racial incidents with American Airlines or its employees, the company recently announced that it will be instituting mandatory implicit-bias training for the company in 2018.
#FlyingWhileBlack: NAACP Issues Travel Warning for Black People Flying American AirlinesÂ
The NAACP issued an alert Tuesday warning black travelers to use caution if they decide to fly with American Airlines because of what the organization described as a âpattern of disturbing incidents reported by African-American passengersâ over a period of several months.
#FlyingWhileBlack: Harvard Law School Student Booted From American Airlines Plane With Infant
Thereâs news of yet another black woman being hostilely removed from an American Airlines airplane.
Tamika Mallory, Co-Chair of Womenâs March on Washington, Says American Airlines Pilot Kicked Her Off Flight Over Seat Dispute
Tamika Mallory, the co-chair of the Womenâs March on Washington, says that she was kicked off an American Airlines flight on her way back home to New York from Miami after a pilot got involved in a seat dispute that she had taken up with a gate agent.
Dying Woman Dragged Half-Naked Down Crowded Airplane Aisle by Emergency WorkersÂ
A woman who experienced medical distress shortly after entering an airplane bathroom was dragged partially clothed down the aisle of the crowded commercial airline, much to the horror of other passengers, so that EMTs could render medical aid to her outside the plane.
Black Passenger Says American Airlines Forced Her to Give Up Her 1st-Class Seat but Let Her White Friend Remain
On May 2, Rane Baldwin checked into American Airlines Flight 5389, leaving Kentucky for Charlotte, N.C. Baldwin, a black woman, and her friend Janet Novack, a white woman, were traveling together, and both had first-class seats because Baldwin bought and upgraded the tickets. But unfortunately for Baldwin, she wasâŚ
US Transportation Secretary Approves 6 Domestic Airlines to Begin Scheduled Flights to Cuba
U.S. Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx announced Friday that the Department of Transportation has approved six domestic airlines to begin scheduled flights between the United States and Cuba as early as this fall, a press release from the White House notes.
