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Sheila Nutt Reflects On Being Among First Black Americans Hired By Pan Am

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Published July 3, 2020 at 12:45 PM CDT

This story originally aired on Dec. 12, 2019. That audio can be found here.

For the full story, click here.

Here & Now’s Lisa Mullins talks with Sheila Nutt, a Philadelphia-born woman who was among the first Black Americans hired as flight attendants for the once-glamorous Pan American airline.

This article was originally published on WBUR.org.