As one of the famed Tuskegee Airmen — the first Black pilots to serve in World War II — Thomas Hawkins flew 28 missions. On March 7, 1945, he was about to embark on another when his plane crashed on ...

In 1941, a segregated airfield in Tuskegee, Alabama, was selected as the primary flight training facility for black pilot candidates in the United States military.   They were known as the ...

Nearly a thousand African-American pilots who served in World War II learned to fly at Tuskegee ... Alabama—shot down three enemy aircraft while escorting American bombers. He was 21 years old ...

Donald Trump’s efforts to undo diversity, equity and inclusion efforts throughout the federal government have had a ...

Johnson is the 18-year-old that was shot and killed in a mass shooting during Tuskegee University’s centennial celebration last year. “Taking it one day at a time,” said Latavion’s mother Tamika ...