The Tuskegee Airmen: The Segregated Skies of World War II
Update: 2009-11-17
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The exhibition, titled “The Tuskegee Airmen: The Segregated Skies of World War II,” depicts the history and heroism of the airmen who began training in a segregated program at Tuskegee Army Air Field in 1941. It is a collaborative project of KSU’s Museum of History and Holocaust Education and public history students who served as curators with assistance from the Tuskegee University Archives and the Tuskegee Airmen National Historic Site, both in Tuskegee, Ala., and the Atlanta branch of the Tuskegee Airmen, Inc. The 10-panel exhibit features historic images from the Library of Congress, the National Archives and the Tuskegee University Archives, including many photos by renowned photographer Toni Frissell. The display presents the broad history as well as intimate portraits of the more than 1,000 pilots who trained over five years. As a result of their heroic combat missions and the service of more than 16,000 support personnel, President Harry Truman was influenced to integrate the military in 1948.
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