Tuskegee News

Former Tuskegee Airman Herbert Carter, 94, of Tuskegee, Ala., poses with a PT-17 trainer aircraft in a hangar at Tuskegee Airmen National Historic Site at Moton Field in Tuskegee, Ala., Wednesday, Jan.

In this inspiring account of the Tuskegee Airmen, J. Todd Moye captures the challenges and triumphs of these brave aviators in their own words, drawing on more than 800 interviews recorded for the National Park Service's Tuskegee Airmen Oral History Project.

WHAT: "Red Tails" STARRING: Cuba Gooding Jr. and Terrence Howard DIRECTED BY: Anthony Hemingway RUNNING TIME: 125 minutes RATED: PG-13 The Tuskegee Airmen, a group of World War II fighter pilots trained in Tuskegee, Ala., were American's first African-American military aviators.

From left are Federation Board Member Richard Edgar of Elmore County, Tuskegee University President Dr.

With a promise of "free doctorin' paid for with a bushel basket of guv'ment money," four black sharecroppers enter the dilapidated Possom Hollow Schoolhouse that will serve as a makeshift hospital ward.

There's an effort in Duluth and Superior to erect a monument to a living Tuskegee airman.

Letters, of no more than 250 words, must bear the writer's full name, address with a zip code, daytime phone number and email address.

AVweb 's newest "FBO of the Week" is Golden Eagle Aviation at Moton Field Municipal Airport in Tuskegee, Alabama.

The event will feature a local architect, Connie Nappier Jr. Nappier is a former Tuskegee airman.

Rosa Parks was an African-American civil rights activist, whom the U.S. Congress called "the first lady of civil rights", and "the mother of the freedom movement." Born February 4, 1913 in Tuskegee, Alabama, Parks grew up when racism and discrimination was a norm in African American cultures.

As the Tuskegee Airmen fought for their place in the skies during World War II, they were supported by a dedicated and often forgotten cadre of women.

Two of the remaining Tuskegee AirmenA Lemuel Lewie, 92 and Dr. Cyril O. Byron Sr., 91 met in Tuskegee, Ala.

Tuskegee University President Gilbert L. Rochon said hazing can endanger the future of all Historically Black Colleges and Universities, and it will not be tolerated at Tuskegee.

Today at 5 p.m., the Black Student Union will show the film, "Not Easily Broken," a drama about family and love starring Morris Chestnut and Taraji P. Henson, in G26 McEwen Hall.

On the set of the film "Red Tails" are original Tuskegee Airman Roscoe Brown, director Anthony Hemingway, and actor Cuba Gooding Jr.

Victor Ransom of Tinton Falls was a member of the Tuskegee Airmen during World War II.

With the release of "Red Tails," the nation's attention has focused once again on the courageous African American pilots of World War II who battled German aces while enduring countless racial indignities in the U.S. military.

Educator Carter Goodwin Woodson is known as the father of Black History. He earned a doctorate in history from Harvard where he recorded the history of Africans and African Americans and on February 1, 1926, established the second week of February as Negro History Week.

Judge Warner is a disgrace to all judges that try to enforce the powers of their offices in a fair... WETUMPKA - The Wetumpka High School trio of Kevin Lacey, Michael Graham and Darian Hall all signed national letters of intent today to play football for Tuskegee.

An aviation squadron, whose all-black members are training at Tuskegee Institute, Tuskegee, Alabama.