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Many African American men and women were aviators in the early 1930's, but established military policy forbade them from flying. However, as World War II loomed, there was heavy pressure from black organizations and some journalists to offer U.S. Army pilot training to black United States citizens. Over 950 African American men became fighter pilots at the Tuskegee Army Airfield during World War II. This is the story of their struggle.
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"Informative and inspiring…"
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"Contemporary interviews with surviving members of the Tuskegee Airmen are punctuated with a rich collection of vintage film footage and black-and-white stills to illustrate their conflicts, both in the air and on the ground with a military and a society in general not totally prepared to accept them because of their race."
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