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The Tuskegee Airmen: America’s First Black Pilots

February 19 @ 7:00 pm

The Tuskegee Airmen were a group of primarily African American military pilots and airmen who fought in World War II. They were the first African American military aviators in the U.S. armed forces. Trained on five airfields surrounding Tuskegee University in Alabama, their training was the first desegregated training to take place within a segregated U.S. military. It became the first dramatic move forward to racial and social equality within America. This presentation will cover the history of the formation of the Tuskegee Airmen, the unit’s wartime accomplishments and the unit’s overall affect on American society. This talk on Wednesday, February 19 at 7pm  will be presented by Paul E. Zigo, a history professor, author, and military historian, as well as the founder and director of the World War II Era Studies Institute. Please visit www.mcl.org to register to receive the link to the program. 

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February 19
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7:00 pm
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