The Tuskegee Airmen (what's So Great About...?) (a Robbie Reader: What's So Great About...?)

In the 1940s, when the world was at war, finding enough pilots for the military was a national challenge. The solution came from a small university tucked in the middle of Alabama. Tuskegee University was teaching African Americans how to fly, but was the rest of the world ready to accept black pilots? In the beginning, the answer was a clear no. However, hundreds of missions and amazing aerial acrobatics turned that opinion around. Today, the Tuskegee Airmen are considered key role models in the country's fight for civil rights and equality for everyone. In the 1940s, when the world was at war, finding enough pilots for the military was a national challenge. The solution came from a small university tucked in the middle of Alabama. Tuskegee University was teaching African Americans how to fly but was the rest of the world ready to accept black pilots? In the beginning, the answer was a clear no. However, hundreds of missions and amazing aerial acrobatics turned that opinion around. Today, the Tuskegee Airmen are considered key role models in the country s fight for civil rights and equality for everyone. Describes the history of the Tuskegee Airmen, the first African American air force pilots in the United States, and details how they helped fight in World War II A special passenger They wanted to fly The Tuskegee experiment Meet the "Red Tails" Of civil rights and presidents.