Who Were the Tuskegee Airmen and Women?
The Tuskegee Airmen and Women were the first, black, military pilots and support crews in the United States. Starting in 1941, they were an experiment designed for failure to show everyone that blacks did not possess the intelligence, courage, or ability to fly or manage aircraft. However, despite cruel discrimination, inferior equipment, unreasonable standards, restricted rights, limited privileges, insufficient opportunities, and little support, the Tuskegee Airmen succeeded beyond all reason with unprecedented achievements still unmatched today! They fought and died for a country that gave them fewer rights as citizens than were often granted captured German soldiers confined in US military prisoner-of-war camps. Because of their incredible success, they were often kept a secret, thus they did not embarrass the military leaders, congressmen, senators, and other government officials that were so openly vocal about their impending failure and incompetence. How did the Tuskegee Airmen
