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Friday, March 10
Tuskegee Airmen earn gold medals
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on Fri 10 Mar 2006 11:43 AM EST
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
Sunday, March 5
Promotion of Tuskegee Airmen Novel
by
Admin
on Sun 05 Mar 2006 09:34 PM EST
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. Thursday, January 12
Booker T. Washington: Hero or Villain?
by
Admin
on Thu 12 Jan 2006 02:56 AM EST
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
Thursday, November 17
Saturday, November 12
Friday, November 11
Storied WWII Vets Share Insights With Today's Troops
by
Admin
on Fri 11 Nov 2005 01:55 AM EST
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
Friday, November 4
Thursday, November 3
New medical facility to open in Macon County
by
Admin
on Thu 03 Nov 2005 11:12 AM EST
For the first time in 18 years--Macon County will have a full service health care facility in Tuskegee. Read more
James Atkinson - Tuskegee Airman Dies
by
Admin
on Thu 03 Nov 2005 11:07 AM EST
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
Tuesday, November 1
Search on for Park's birthplace
by
Admin
on Tue 01 Nov 2005 12:17 PM EST
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
Saturday, October 1
Thursday, September 22
Tom Joyner - The voice of Hurricane Katrina
by
Admin
on Thu 22 Sep 2005 12:04 PM EDT
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
Lionel Ritchie comes to Montgomery
by
Admin
on Thu 22 Sep 2005 11:52 AM EDT
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.
Saturday, September 3
Sunday, August 28
Saturday, June 4
Thursday, May 19
Thursday, April 21
Photographs show dignity of blacks via artist's lens
by
Admin
on Thu 21 Apr 2005 10:42 AM EDT
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 Friday, April 1
Devices vital link for patients
by
Admin
on Fri 01 Apr 2005 01:55 AM EST
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.
Friday, March 11
2004 NBA Champs Recognize Tuskegee Airmen for Heroism & Bravery
by
Admin
on Fri 11 Mar 2005 10:51 AM EST
The Detroit
Pistons will honor six original world renown Tuskegee Airmen who are
also founding members of the National Tuskegee Airmen Inc. Read more
Spector of Tuskegee Returns
by
Admin
on Fri 11 Mar 2005 10:40 AM EST
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
Friday, March 4
Tuskegee man wanted
by
Admin
on Fri 04 Mar 2005 12:59 PM EST
Sunday, February 20
Friday, February 18
Wednesday, February 16
Auburn Softball Team Visits Veterans Administration Hospital in Tuskegee
by
Admin
on Wed 16 Feb 2005 01:56 AM EST
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
Saturday, February 12
Missing Phenix city children found in Tuskegee
by
Admin
on Sat 12 Feb 2005 01:37 AM EST
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
More links to this story: Ledger-Inquirer.com WTVM-WXTX Wednesday, February 9
Tuskegee Teacher Arrested: Claims Political Vendetta
by
Admin
on Wed 09 Feb 2005 11:50 AM EST
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
Sunday, February 6
Saturday, January 29
Eyes on the Prize - Civil Rights Documentary
by
Admin
on Sat 29 Jan 2005 02:16 AM EST
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
Wednesday, January 26
"Breaking Bread and Building Bridges"
by
Admin
on Wed 26 Jan 2005 02:28 AM EST
Sunday, January 23
Officers Pay Tribute to Heroic Airmen
by
Admin
on Sun 23 Jan 2005 07:32 AM EST
A group of
military officers from Montgomery spent part of Saturday on a special
mission--helping prepare a site where hundreds of black pilots and
mechanics became the Tuskegee Airmen. Read more
Wednesday, January 12
82-Year old Tuskegee Native Buys $1 Million of Real Estate in Chester, PA
by
Admin
on Wed 12 Jan 2005 02:24 PM EST
An 82-year old grocer has been buying alot of real estate in Chester and Chester Township, PA....Read more
Raytheon's CEO to Meet Tuskegee University Raytheon Scholars
by
Admin
on Wed 12 Jan 2005 01:22 PM EST
Raytheon's
Company Chairman and CEO, William H. Swanson will visit Tuskegee
University in Tuskegee, Ala., today to meet and acknowledge the first
class of Raytheon scholars, a select group of highly talented engineer
and computer science students. Read more
Sunday, January 9
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