Thomas B. "Smitty" Smith, 96, a retired U.S. Air Force colonel, died July 17, 2006, at his home in Reston. He was born Oct. 21, 1909, in Georgia to the late Reuben and Rose Smith. He received a bachelor's degree from Wilberforce University in Wilberforce, Ohio; a master's degree from the University of Michigan; and a doctorate from the University of Bonn, Germany.  Read more

(CBS 3) WASHINGTON A film celebrating the legacy of World War II’s Tuskegee Airmen, who were America’s first black military pilots, was screened during a special presentation on Capitol Hill in Washington D.C. on Tuesday.  Read more and view video clip!

Major Moton Ross, an Oak Park resident and former Tuskegee Airman, died of kidney failure Sunday at Providence Hospital in Southfield. He was 84.  Read more

TUSKEGEE, Ala. - (July 20, 2006) -  Tuskegee University's Library Services recently received two grants to further preserve and make more accessible the historical African-American data housed in its special collections on campus.  Read more

Pompey L. Hawkins who served with the Tuskegee Airmen during World War II, has died.  He was 91.  Hawkins died early Sunday morning at the Roudebush VA Medical Center in Indianapolis, said Maria Williams-Hawkins, a family spokesperson who is not related to Hawkins.  Read more

Congresswoman Melissa Hart applauded the passage of H.R. 1259 which authorizes the President of the United States to award a gold medal on behalf of the Congress to all Tuskegee Airmen "in recognition of their unique military record, which inspired revolutionary reform in the Armed Forces."  Read more

Stanley Weisleder is set to promote his emotionally charged and historically accurate novel Wings of the Panther.....
Weisleder spent 10 years researching and writing what is the only novel ever written about the Tuskegee Airmen.  Read more.

The writer Elizabeth Gardner's first memory of hearing about Booker T. Washington is typical:  "I can clearly remember another black student in high school or college making a joke about "blacks like Booker T. Washington," she recalls," and how everyone laughed , as if we all understood what a terrible thing that was to be."  Read more

Proud of Tuskegee Airman Service - When Edward Turnstall retired from his job with the IRS in 1978, he was looking forward to playing golf with his wife and enjoying a more leisurely pace.  Read more

Lt Carrol Woods' 107th combat mission ended in a flash and a crash in Greece.  It happened over 60 years ago as the Tuskegee Airman put his P-51 fighter plane into a steep dive towards targets over Athen.  Read more

Former Tuskgee Airmen--pioneers who broke through racial prejudice to become the first black U. S. military pilots during World War II--have solid words of advice and encouragement for today's military members.  Read more

The Tuskegee Airmen know about war.  They battled the Nazis abroad and racism at home.  Now they've made their way back to the front lines to show their support for airmen fighting the war on terror.
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For the first time in 18 years--Macon County will have a full service health care facility in Tuskegee.  Read more

A retired postal worker who fought in World War II as one of the famed Tuskegee Airmen, was found dead in his Bronx apartment yesterday, and investigators were probing whether the cause was carbon monoxide poisoning.  Read more

Rosa Parks was born somewhere in the Brickyard Hill area of Tuskegee and Mayor Johnny Ford has launched a search to find the exact location.  Read more

                             

Former Tuskgee University head football coach and athletic director Cleve Abbott has been named the American Football Coaches Association's winner of the 2005 Trailblazer Award.  Read more

The first black state assemblyman from Hudson County (NJ) and a former Tuskegee Airman has died.  He was 84.  Read more

Who was the voice of hurricane Katrina?  Not CNN's Anderson Cooper, who met the floodwaters with a commensurate response from his own tear ducts.  And not Kanye West, the hip-hop mogul , who anti-Bush tirade was bush-league.  Allow me to nominate (Tuskegee's own)--Tom Joyner.  Read more

The Montgomery chamber of commerce is celebrating minority business week.  A special singer dropped by to attend a special luncheon as a part a week full of special events.  Read more.

Keith Thomas is barely old enough to drive, but not old enough to vote yet he stands on the verge of facing grown-up consequences, if he is convicted of capital murder.  Read more

Even though they were treated like second-class citizens as black pilots in a segregated military during World War II, the Tuskegee Airmen proved their mettle in the skies.  Read more

Retired Lt. Col Eugene Cheatham, a  member of the World War II-era pioneering black figher squadron, known as the Tuskegee Airmen, has died after a battle with pancreatic cancer.  He was 89.  Read more

African-Americans played a significant role in World War II.  More than half a million served in Europe.  Despite the numbers, they faced racial discrimination ....Read more

Black photographer Prentice Herman Polk sought and found dignity in everyone who posed for him, from tenant farmers to talented members of the middle class.  Read more
Through the Eyes of P.H. Polk website

The Alabama Hall of Music Fame Induction Banquet and Awards Show just added a "brickhouse" to it's lineup.  Read more

High technology is helping veterans enjoy the comforts of their homes, instead of having to live their lives in hospital beds or rushing to hospital rooms.  Read more.

"Coming to downtown was always such a privilege".  That's how Margie Kirk felt when she visited the Tuskegee courthouse square as a young girl.  Read more

The Detroit Pistons will honor six original world renown Tuskegee Airmen who are also founding members of the National Tuskegee Airmen Inc.   Read more

It has been nearly 70 years since the US Public Health Service began its study into the effects of syphilis on 399 human test subject--all of them black, all of them poor.....Read more

Democrat Pebblin W. Warren beat Republican Lacy Ward Tuesday, in the race to fill the vacant seat in House District 82 in central Alabama.  Read more

ALERT!!!  Police are looking for a man in the weekend slaying of a Montgomery man.....Read more

Louis W. Johnson was flying his P-47 Thunderbolt in formation over Gravesville, Ohio when something went wrong.  Read more

For many years, Marvin Harmon didn't think he had done anything special during his military service in WWII.  Read more

Members of the Auburn softball team, head coach Tina Deese and assistant coaches, Jack Byerly and Ashley Moore visited the Central Alabama Veterans Health Care System East Campus on Tuesday.  Read more

Police cancelled an Amber Alert for three missing Phenix City children after they were located Thursday at a relative's home in Tuskgee.  Read more

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A Tuskegee teacher is in real trouble , on the verge of losing his job after allegations he was harrassing students and other teachers.  But there's a strange twist to the story.  Read more

Today's Air Force family is a might quilt that unites servicememebers of all races, races, religions and creeds all around the globe.  Read more

More than six days ago, Lowell Steward dodged enemy fire in the skies above the skies in Europe... Read more

Eyes on the prize is the most important documentary ever made about the Civil Rights Movement --but copyright restrictions have kept it from the public from the last 10 years.  We cannot let this continue.  On February 8th help us bring this film back to a nationwide audience.  Read more

Visit Tuskegee as it celebrates the "Year of Alabama Food".  Read more

Pebblin W. Warren and  Katy Smith Campbell, both of Tuskegee, faced off Tuesday in the Democratic runoff for House District 82.  Read more