Finding Aid to Race Relations in America - Chauncey Spencer materials

JONES MEMORIAL LIBRARY
2311 MEMORIAL AVENUE
LYNCHBURG, VA 24501
(434) 846-0501
RACE RELATIONS IN AMERICA – CHAUNCEY E. SPENCER (1949)
The collection includes photocopies of typescript article written around 1949 regarding the
history of race relations in the United States. It also includes photocopies of awards presented by
the Senate of Virginia, the Mayor of Lynchburg, Virginia, the Tuskegee Airmen National
Historical Museum, and a news article from an air force newspaper.

CHAUNCEY EDWARD SPENCER (1906-2002)
Chauncey Edward Spencer was born 5 November 1906 in Lynchburg, Virginia, the son of
Edward A. Spencer and Anne Scales. He graduated from Virginia Seminary and College in
Lynchburg. A pioneer aviator, he was a charter member of the National Airmen Association of
America (NAAA). A civil rights activist, he lobbied Congress to include persons of color in the
Army Air Corps. He worked to encourage fair treatment of African American air cadets at
Tuskegee Institute and helped create famed Tuskegee Airmen. He was a Civil Service official at
Wright-Patterson Air Force Base. He also served as Police Commissioner in San Bernardino,
California. Later he was Deputy Administrator in Highland Park, Michigan.
Spencer received numerous awards, including being inducted into Virginia Aviation Hall
of Fame. He died 21 August 2002 and was buried in Forest Hills Cemetery, Lynchburg.

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