Tuskegee Airmen

(noun)

The first African-American military aviators in the United States armed forces. Officially, they formed the 332nd Fighter Group and the 477th Bombardment Group of the United States Army Air Forces. The name also applies to the navigators, bombardiers, mechanics, instructors, crew chiefs, nurses, cooks and other support personnel for the pilots.

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Examples of Tuskegee Airmen in the following topics:

  • African Americans in WWII

    • The Tuskegee Airmen were the first African-American military aviators in the United States Armed Forces.
    • The Tuskegee Airmen were subjected to discrimination, both within and outside the army.
    • Davis, Jr. served as commander of the famed Tuskegee Airmen during the War.
    • The Tuskegee Airmen were the first African-American pilots in United States military history; they flew with distinction during World War II.
    • Portrait of Tuskegee airman Edward M.

  • Higher Education

    • They also made important contributions to rural development, including the establishment of a traveling school program by Tuskegee Institute in 1906.
    • Rural conferences sponsored by Tuskegee also attempted to improve the life of rural blacks.

  • Education and the Professions

    • They also made important contributions to rural development, including the establishment of a traveling school program by the Tuskegee Institute in 1906.
    • Rural conferences sponsored by Tuskegee also attempted to improve the life of rural blacks.

  • MacArthur's Leapfrogging

    • Three months later, airmen reported no signs of enemy activity in the Admiralty Islands and MacArthur ordered an amphibious landing there, commencing the Admiralty Islands campaign.

  • The Battle of the Atlantic

    • Over 36,000 Allied sailors, airmen and servicemen and and a similar number of merchant seamen lost their lives.

  • Women of the Civil Rights Movement

    • In addition to her Northern guests, Hamer played host to Tuskegee University student activists Sammy Younge Jr. and Wendell Paris.
    • In 1974, she was named the National Commission for the Protection of Human Subjects of Biomedical and Behavioral Research, which published the Belmont Report, a response to the infamous Tuskegee Syphilis Study and an international ethical touchstone for researchers to this day.

  • Marcus Garvey

    • He visited Tuskegee and afterward met a number of black leaders.

  • The Rise of Garveyism

    • Garvey visited Tuskegee, and afterward visited with a number of black leaders.