Storm Team Five’s David Williams introduces us to Captain Wallace Reed, an African American veteran whose education at M-I-T ...
Brewer joined the U.S. Army Air Forces in November 1943 and graduated from Tuskegee Army Air Field in Alabama in 1944, ABC News reports. He was a Tuskegee Airman and a member of the 100th Fighter ...
Then civilian pilot training was expanded and civil right efforts allowed for black pilots to train at the Tuskegee Army Air Field, creating the Tuskegee Airmen. These aviators gained recognition ...
Historian and storyteller Jim Armstead will portray Gen. Benjamin O. Davis Jr., who commanded the Tuskegee Airmen during ...
ExploreInternational Peace Museum’s upcoming exhibit explores plight of homeless children Stein said one of the goals of the ...
They were trained at Tuskegee Army Air Field in Alabama, which is how they got the name Tuskegee Airmen. “It means a lot, really,” Harvey said. “I never expected to be a part of anything ...
A New England meteorologist earned a place in the history books as a trailblazer in the U.S. Military during World War II, but Captain Wallace Patillo Reed might be one of the most important ...
At the urging from Black newspapers and civil rights groups, the Army Air Corps opened a training site for Black pilots in Tuskegee, Alabama. More than 14,000 mostly college-educated Black men and ...
DETROIT — A 600-pound (272-kilogram) bronze statue of a Tuskegee airman has been found after it was stolen from a city park, Detroit police said Friday. The statue of Lt. Col. Alexander ...
At the urging from Black newspapers and civil rights groups, the Army Air Corps opened a training site for Black pilots in Tuskegee, Alabama. More than 14,000 mostly college-educated Black men and ...