1. John Mosley became one of the first African Americans to be trained as a bomber pilot during World War II.
23 Facts About John Mosley
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John Mosley spent his early educational career at Whittier Elementary School, Cole Junior High School, and Manual Training High School.
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John Mosley was the valedictorian, and earned the National Merit Scholarship.
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John W Mosley enrolled at the Agricultural College of Colorado in 1939.
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John Mosley did, however win several players over, making two very good friends in Dude Dent and Woody Fries.
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John Mosley became the first African American to earn an athletic letter in Colorado State University football team history.
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John Mosley received a physical in Denver and was diagnosed with a heart murmur, which he believed to be false.
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John Mosley wanted to join the Tuskegee Airmen after he graduated from college.
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John Mosley trained as a bomber pilot, one of the first African Americans to do so.
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John Mosley served with distinction in World War II and earned the rank of Command Pilot.
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John Mosley chose to return to the states as a civilian in 1946 to earn his master's degree in Social Work from the University of Denver in 1948.
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John Mosley finally retired from the United States Air Force in 1967.
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John Mosley's role was to integrate the military and armed forces through the civil rights activities that took place in the United States.
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John Mosley used his motivation and determination to fight for integration in the Armed forces.
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John Mosley was a part of a movement to prove that he was capable of making a contribution to the development of our great nation.
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John Mosley later married his high school friend Edna Wilson-Mosley, a prominent politician, civil rights activist, and educator.
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John Mosley served as a special assistant to the undersecretary in the Department of Health and Human Services when he and his wife moved to Aurora Colorado and was transferred to the Lowry Air Force Base.
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John Mosley's wife became the first African American lady to become a city councilwomen in Aurora.
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John Mosley worked in a variety of positions including Equal Opportunity Specialist, Staff Director of the Mountain Plains Federal Regional Council and Special Assistant to James Farmer, Assistant Secretary of Administration.
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In 1998 John Mosley was inducted into the CSU Sports Hall of Fame, and in 2009 he was admitted into the Colorado Sports Hall of Fame.
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John Mosley received numerous awards such as the Anti-Defamation League Torch of Liberty award, an honorary doctorate from CSU as well as the Congressional Gold Medal by then President Bush.
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The John Mosley's instead had a different plan for this money: they agreed to accept the money raised, if only they could start a scholarship fund with it, instead of a vacation for themselves.
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Once the finalist are accepted the scholarship board will then hold interviews to ensure that the John Mosley scholarship is awarded to the perfect candidate to honor the John Mosley's.