Captain Bobby Charles Wilks became the first African-American in the Coast Guard to reach the rank of captain. He was also the first African-American Coast Guard aviator and later became the first African-American to command a Coast Guard air station. Wilks was born on May 12, 1931, in St. Louis, Missouri. He graduated from Harris-Stowe […]

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