Two historians are disputing the claim that America’s first Black fighter pilots never lost a bomber to enemy fire during World War II.
U.S. Air Force records show that at least a few bombers escorted by the red-tailed fighters of the Tuskegee Airmen were shot down by enemy planes, according to William F. Holton, a historian of Tuskegee Airmen Inc., and Dr. Daniel Haulman, a historian at the Air Force Historical Research Agency. Read more
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Sunday, January 14
Historians Question Records of Tuskegee Airmen
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on Sun 14 Jan 2007 12:14 PM EST
Tuskegee Airmen Dies - Dr. William Morgan, 85
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on Sun 14 Jan 2007 12:09 PM EST
Dr. William Morgan, one of the last Tuskegee Institute airmen living in Minnesota, died Dec. 30 in Minneapolis. The retired dentist from Fergus Falls, Minn., was 85. Read more
Long Island New York vet erects memorial for black servicemen
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on Sun 14 Jan 2007 12:01 PM EST
William Thomas is a proud man, an Army vet, a former New York City housing cop.
So when he would visit Veterans Plaza in East Meadow's Eisenhower Park, he always noticed that with all the memorials, there were none to African-American vets. Read more
Famous Quote
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on Sun 14 Jan 2007 11:55 AM EST
How far you go in life depends on your being tender with the young, compassionate with the aged, sympathetic with the striving, and tolerant of the weak and strong. Because someday in your life you will have been all of these. -- George Washington Carver
Chuck Stone - Short Bio - Former Tuskegee Airman
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on Sun 14 Jan 2007 11:43 AM EST
Back when we worked together at the Philadelphia Daily News, I usually could hear and smell Chuck Stone before I saw him. Read more
Lynchings in America
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on Sun 14 Jan 2007 11:39 AM EST
Chaotic Convergence. This web blog lists the number of lynchings and related states throughout the the nation during the twentieth century. Read more.
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