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Tuskegee Airmen

SOURCE: History.com
2/11/2021

New Documentary: Tuskegee Airmen: Legacy of Courage

TV journalist Robin Roberts produces a documentary on the famed Tuskegee Airmen – including her father – whose service in World War II supported the long movement for civil rights.

SOURCE: History
1/20/2021

How Tuskegee Airmen Fought Military Segregation With Nonviolent Action

Alan Osur and Todd Moye help tell the story of the efforts of the Tuskegee Airmen to integrate military recreational facilities in 1944.

SOURCE: History channel
1-13-15

Two Tuskegee Airmen Die on Same Day in Los Angeles

Clarence Huntley Jr. and Joseph Shambrey were born within six weeks of each other and grew up in the same Los Angeles neighborhood in the 1930s. Their parallel lives came to an end on January 5, when both men died at home at the age of 91.