The “Black Eagle From Harlem”: Hidden Figure In Black History Receives Closure, New Life From His Son

Photos: Facebook\Wikimedia Commons NEW YORK, NY, USA, January 29, 2024—February 19, 1983 marked the end of 85 years of life for Colonel Hubert Fauntleroy Julian, the world famous Black Eagle of Harlem, born in Trinidad, a global adventurer, pioneering pilot, daredevil parachutist, humanitarian and arms dealer. He was a worldwide sensation between the 1920s and 1960s. His only son, Mark Anthony Bernard Julian, was eleven and at school at the time of his father’s death and subsequently without explanation excluded from attending his funeral. The reasons are still uncertain. “It was intimated to me that it was to protect, hide my existence,” Mark reveals. “I wasn’t even taken to see him in the hospital. Just woke up one morning, and Daddy was gone.” He had no support structure, but never let on to anyone about his father’s death or his feelings. Mark plans to visit his father’s grave site at Calverton National Cemetery in remembrance on February 19, the anniversary of his death. When asked why now after four decades and never before, Julian emotionally answers, “I was afraid… afraid of the ghosts of the past. Didn’t know if I could handle acknowledging he was really gone.” Julian is eager...