Tuskegee Institute News

As we celebrate Black History Month, I'd like to take some time to reflect on the life and philosophy of George Washington Carver.

FORT GEORGE G. MEADE, Md. -- A man who was shunned because of his race during his four years at the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, N.Y., back in the early 1930s would go on to become the first African-American general in the U.S. Air Force.

Our state has been blessed with and has produced many people of great character and influence that has extended far beyond our borders, and of that I am always proud.

The exclusive Southeast screening of "Silver Wings & Civil Rights: The Fight to Fly" will be at Soldiers and Sailors Memorial Auditorium on Feb.

Black History Month , 2012 We live in a time when crooked politicians, foul mouthed musicians, immoral actors/actresses, and leftist radicals are elevated to high staus by the major media.. Gone are the days when self-sacrificing Godly men and women were revered.

Harry Leavell smiles during a celebration for his 90th birthday in 2009 at Little Sheba's. / Palladium-Item file photo by Joshua Smith Editor's note: To recognize Black History Month, which is celebrated in February, the Palladium-Item is publishing a daily historical tribute noting the impact of African-Americans and their history in the ... (more)

Speaker Joseph Kernan , an expert on the Tuskegee Airmen, poses with Martinsville Middle School seventh-grade language arts teacher Donna Lowery, who arranged for him to speak to students about the airmen's service during World War II.

Despite so-so reviews, my family and I rushed out to see "Red Tails," the George "Star Wars" Lucas homage to the Tuskegee Airmen .

In 1967, eighteen-year-old guitarist Thomas McClary had a dream: to form a musical group that would be hailed as "the black Beatles". A lofty ambition.

Since 1976, February has been observed as Black History Month in the US. And there's a lot of Black History to explore all across the country.

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

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.

It is not the name of a movie star or of a crew member. Instead it belongs to a Trenton native who was part of a far more elite group of individuals whose bravery persisted in the face of prejudice - the Tuskegee Airmen.

LeRoy Battle, a Tuskegee Airman during World War II, talks about the racism he faced while serving in the nation's first all African-American squadron.

Last Saturday, 86-year-old Frank "Burt" Vardeman put on his Tuskegee Airmen cap, got into his Buick with his wife of 63 years, Martha, and headed over to the Northlake Festival Movie Tavern in Tucker to see if his memories had been interpreted correctly on the screen.

The Tuskegee Airmen is the nickname given the 332nd Fighter Group, the first squadron of African American aviators ever trained by the U.S. Air Force.

George Lucas and Co. give you a history through the eyes of the Tuskeegee airmen who lived in Red Tails.

Hollywood has a way of rediscovering important historical events, wrapping them up and presenting them in a way that educates the general movie-going public that no amount of history classes ever could.

Under Alabama's sun the first Negro fighter squadron in the world was training last week in circumstances which might have exasperated Job.

HURRY UP AND WAIT: The Tuskegee airmen were trained as fighter pilots in 1940, but were relegated to an isolated base at the Tuskegee Institute because the armed forces were racially segregated at that time.