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WWII's African-American Paratroopers, the "Triple Nickles," Lauded in New Book
Award-winning author Tanya Lee Stone is clear about why she’s written her new nonfiction book, “Courage Has No Color: The True Story of the Triple Nickles, America’s First Black Paratroopers”...
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68 Years After WWII, Former Tuskegee Airman and Female Civilian Military...
Elder James H. Brown and Jane Tedeschi, who both served as pilots during WW II, met for the first time on May 17, 2013. Tedeschi had always wanted to meet a Tuskegee Airman, who she delivered planes...
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Army Aviator First Lt. Demetria Elosiebo Becomes DC National Guard's 1st...
Army 1st. Lt. Demetria Elosiebo and Col. Gore inside a rotary wing helicopter at the D.C. National Guard. Elosiebo became the first African-American female aviator in the District of Columbia Army...
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African-American Aviation Pioneer Charles Alfred Anderson Sr. to Be Honored...
The definitive stamp, which immortalizes aviation trailblazer Charles Alfred Anderson, Sr., goes on sale nationwide from March 13. In a significant move that brings to the forefront African-American...
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University of California, Riverside Honors the Tuskegee Airmen
“Aim High/Rise Above: The Legacy of the Tuskegee Airmen” at UC Riverside (Photo: ucrtoday.ucr.edu) The Tomas Rivera Library on the campus of the University of California, Riverside has recently debuted...
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National Museum of African History and Culture All-Star Tribute to Air on ABC...
National Museum of African American History and Culture in Washington D.C. (photo via notey.com) article by Lori Lakin Hutcherson (follow @lakinhutcherson) The National Museum of African American...
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BLACK HISTORY MONTH: Inspiring Stories of African Americans to Air on Disney...
Disney Animator Floyd Norman (photo via ShadowAndAct.com article via ShadowAndAct.com To cultivate kids’ deeper interest in history and inspire them to feel their own significance in the present and...
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Eugene Bullard, the 1st Known African-American fighter Pilot, Now Has Statue...
Eugene Bullard statue in Georgia (photo via aero-news network) Fighter pilot Eugene Bullard (photo via wikipedia.org) Eugene Bullard, who became known as the Black Swallow of Death, was the first...
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Charles H. Wright Museum in Detroit Becomes New Home of Tuskegee Airmen...
The Tuskegee Airmen National Museum, which honors the legacy and achievements of the nation’s first all-Black air fighter squadron, has moved to the Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History...
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