KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Colonel Reginald Bassa, Sr., a Tuskegee Institute graduate and one of the oldest living Tuskegee Airmen, served a successful 30-year career in the United States Air Force. He was ...

It was 90 years ago in October of 1932 that the “Tuskegee Study of Untreated Syphilis in the Negro Male” was implemented by the U.S. Public Health Service (PHS) at Tuskegee Institute in Alabama. And ...

O n April 6, 1968, two days after the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr., a confrontation unfolded at the Tuskegee Institute, the historic land-grant college in eastern Alabama. Twelve members of ...

Two of the 19 African American men from Missouri who went through flight training at the Tuskegee Institute in Alabama and can be called Tuskegee Airmen graduated from Lincoln High School in Joplin.

Almost 1,000 African Americans trained at the Army Airfield in Tuskegee, Alabama. Nearly half were sent overseas for combat ...

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. — The folks over at the Grand Rapids Public Library made a fascinating discovery while digging through their massive archives back in March 2021, and are now sharing them with the ...

With members of a trailblazing Black Air Force unit passing away at advanced ages, efforts to remain true to their memory carry on despite sometimes confusing orders from President Donald Trump as he ...

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A paperback edition of Pilot Training School: Tuskegee Institute, Tuskegee Institute, Alabama. The full title, with both subtitles, is printed in white block text across two red banners at the top and ...

Seventy-seven years ago, the first Tuskegee Airmen got their wings. On March 7, 1942, five men – Benjamin O. Davis Jr., Mac Ross, Lemuel Custis, Charles DeBow Jr. and George Roberts – completed their ...