In 1957, Marlon Green, an Air Force pilot, applied to be a pilot for Continental Airlines. He had applied to other airlines before but had been rèjèctèd each time. When he filled out his application for Continental, he left the "ràcè" box blank. Green made it to the final round of interviews, but he was not hired, even though he had more flight hours than the other whitè candidates. Green decided to file a complaint with the Colorado Anti-Dìscri.minàtion Commission. His case eventually went to t

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When Continental Airlines Flight 1713 crashed on November 15, 1987, it soon became clear to investigators that initial theories could not be backed up by evidence. They would have to wait for the flight data recorders to be analyzed. Watch multiple seasons of Air Disasters on Paramount . | Smithsonian Channel Aviation Nation