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Lucean Arthur Headen

1879–1957

United States

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Lucean Arthur Headen (26 August 1879 – 17 September 1957) was an American aviator, inventor, and entrepreneur. An early African-American barnstormer in the 1910s, he later co-founded the first United States-wide African-American automobile racing association, the African-American Automobile Association, and founded companies in the United States and England.

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