Eleanor Roosevelt and the Tuskegee Airmen
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BY ADELLA P.
Eleanor Roosevelt and the
Tuskegee Airmen
The Tuskegee Institute
Founded on July 4th, 1881 by Dr. Booker T. Washington
Called “A Negro Normal School in Tuskegee” under the state
Gained institutional independence under the leadership of B.T. Washington on 1892
First Hospital staffed by all Black professionals
The Tuskegee Airmen
Civilian Pilot Training Program started by the first Black licensed pilot Charles A. Anderson in 1939
U.S. Military segregatedDubbed the 99th Pursuit
Squadron on March 22, 1941 then renamed the 99th Fighter Squadron on May 15th, 1942
Over 2000 Black pilots trained at Tuskegee between 1941 and 1946
Eleanor and “Chief” Anderson
Eleanor Roosevelt’s Visit
• The U.S. Military was segregated until 1948.
• ER visited Tuskegeee in 1941 and flew with pilot and instructor Charles Patterson for over and hour.
• Took this photo and used it to urge FDR to support the program and allow the Black pilots to fly for the military
• ER stayed in contact with correspondent Cecil Patterson
Tuskegee Airmen in WWII• 99th Pursuit
Squadron first of its kind
• Flew in over 1500 missions in the war in Europe and North Africa
• Only squadron that failed to lose airmen to enemy fire during WWII
Tuskegee Airmen
Noel Parish
Benjamin O. Davis Jr.
Linkwood Williams
Liutenant Lee A. Archer
Charles Hall
African American Nurses
Sources
Content http://www.tuskegee.edu/about_us/history_and_mission.aspx http://www.gwu.edu/~erpapers/teachinger/glossary/tuskegee-air
men.cfm http://docs.fdrlibrary.marist.edu/tuskegee.html http://www.gwu.edu/~erpapers/myday/displaydoc.cfm?
_y=1941&_f=md055850
Photos http://lcweb2.loc.gov/service/pnp/highsm/05900/05950v.jpg http://media.npr.org/assets/img/2011/03/22/picshow_blackwings
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http://airandspace.si.edu/explore-and-learn/topics/blackwings/tuskegee.cfm