For forty years, from 1932 to 1972, 399 African-American males were denied treatment for syphilis and deceived by officials of the United States Public Health Service. As part of a study conducted in Macon County, Alabama, poor sharecroppers were told they were being treated for “bad blood.”In fact, the physicians in charge of the study ensured that these men went untreated. In the 25 years since its details first were revealed, the Tuskegee Syphilis study has become a powerful symbol of racism in medicine, ethical misconduct in human research, and goverment abuse of the vulnerable.  Read more

The Commodores formed in Tuskegee and become one of the top groups of the '70s and '80s. The band had 17 top-40 hits, including such top-10 hits as "Sweet Love," "Just To Be Close To You," "Easy," "Brick House," "Three Times A Lady," "Sail On," "Still," "Lady (You Bring Me Up)," "Oh No," and "Nightshift."  Read more

The daughter of a Tuskegee Airman has received replicas of her father's medals after they were destroyed in a flood more than 20 years ago. On Monday Congressman Steve Chabot presented Ena Fletcher, of College Hill, with 13 medals. Her late father, Harold Hillery, was a Tuskegee Airman who flew in both World War II and the Korean War.  Read more

NEW YORK, Aug. 14 (UPI) -- A spokesman for a New York congressman said design revisions are behind delays in giving Congress' highest honor to the surviving World War II Tuskegee airmen. U.S. Rep. Charles B. Rangel, D-N.Y., co-sponsor of the legislation to award the Congressional Gold Medal to the black aviators who trained at the Tuskegee Institute in Alabama, wanted the medals to be ready in early September, aide Emile Milne told Newsday.  Read more

Signing copies of his book, retired Lt. Col. Alexander Jefferson jovially spoke to all who approached his table. He took a few moments to share how his early years were shaped by his experience as a Tuskegee Airman, fighter pilot and prisoner of war. Colonel Jefferson, who was one of 32 Tuskegee Airmen who were prisoners during World War II, offered insight into his career and life.  Read more

Tuskegee University receives a $1 million dollar gift. The money comes from the Praxair Foundation. Praxair is a global, fortune 300 company that supplies atmospheric, process and specialty gases to industries. It has 27-thousand employees in 40 countries and annual sales of $7.7 billion.  Read more

The past and present came together Aug. 4 as black aviators from different generations took part in a historic flight aboard a C-17 Globemaster III.  Read more

Spann Watson wants Washington to make good on its promise, before it is too late for him and these other aging pilots who flew their way to glory. Nearly five months after Congress voted to bestow its highest honor on the Tuskegee Airmen -- pioneering aviators who during WWII broke the color bar banning black pilots in the U.S. military -- the Congressional Gold Medal is still not in their hands.  Read more

Each year, the Tuskegee Airmen's Lonely Eagle ceremony seems a little more lonesome. When the lights are dimmed and the candles lighted, there are fewer airmen listening to the small brass bell tolling once for each comrade who has died since the last convention. Last year the bell tolled 47 times. This year it was 53.  Read More

TUSKEGEE, Ala. - (August 1, 2006) - In a decision released today by Judge Myron Thompson, U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Alabama, Eastern Division, the Court upheld the University decision to name Calida Joy McCampbell, as the new Miss Tuskegee University.  Read more