NPR: Tuskegee Airmen https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=164777747 Tuskegee Airmen en Copyright 2024 NPR - For Personal Use Only Story API Shim 1.2.24 Tue, 15 Apr 2025 20:22:05 -0400 https://media.npr.org/images/podcasts/primary/npr_generic_image_300.jpg?s=200 NPR: Tuskegee Airmen https://www.npr.org/tags/164777747/tuskegee-airmen 'Half American' explores how Black WWII servicemen were treated better abroad Though more than one million Black Americans contributed to the war effort, historian Matthew Delmont says a military uniform offered no protection from racism. Mon, 07 Nov 2022 13:37:58 -0500 https://www.npr.org/2022/11/07/1134756262/half-american-matthew-delmont-black-wwii https://www.npr.org/2022/11/07/1134756262/half-american-matthew-delmont-black-wwii

Though more than one million Black Americans contributed to the war effort, historian Matthew Delmont says a military uniform offered no protection from racism.

]]> Dave Davies Pentagon Identifies Remains Of Missing Tuskegee Airman The pilot is one of 27 Tuskegee Airmen who went missing during World War II. Lawrence Dickson's plane crashed in 1944, and his remains were found in Austria. Sat, 28 Jul 2018 16:38:30 -0400 https://www.npr.org/2018/07/28/633442127/pentagon-identifies-remains-of-missing-tuskegee-airman https://www.npr.org/2018/07/28/633442127/pentagon-identifies-remains-of-missing-tuskegee-airman

The pilot is one of 27 Tuskegee Airmen who went missing during World War II. Lawrence Dickson's plane crashed in 1944, and his remains were found in Austria.

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]]> Shannon Van Sant Floyd J. Carter, A Tuskegee Airman And NYPD Detective, Dies At 95 Carter was one of the last of the Tuskegee Airmen, the famous unit that overcame both internal challenges and enemy fire to serve in World War II. Mon, 12 Mar 2018 14:42:37 -0400 https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2018/03/12/592918758/floyd-j-carter-a-tuskegee-airman-and-nypd-detective-dies-at-95 https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2018/03/12/592918758/floyd-j-carter-a-tuskegee-airman-and-nypd-detective-dies-at-95 Carter was one of the last of the Tuskegee Airmen, the famous unit that overcame both internal challenges and enemy fire to serve in World War II.

]]> Bill Chappell Tuskegee Airman, Martin Luther King Jr. Bodyguard Dies at 93 Dabney Montgomery served as a ground crewman with the Tuskegee Airmen in Italy in World War II. He joined the civil rights movement when he came home and protected King during the march from Selma. Mon, 05 Sep 2016 17:26:00 -0400 https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2016/09/05/492722499/tuskegee-airman-martin-luther-king-jr-bodyguard-dies-at-93 https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2016/09/05/492722499/tuskegee-airman-martin-luther-king-jr-bodyguard-dies-at-93 Dabney Montgomery served as a ground crewman with the Tuskegee Airmen in Italy in World War II. He joined the civil rights movement when he came home and protected King during the march from Selma.

]]> Camila Domonoske Remembering Tuskegee Airman Roscoe Brown, Educator And Civil Rights Trailblazer Brown was one of the last surviving "Red Tail" pilots of the famed Tuskegee Airmen. These African-American pilots served in World War II, laying the foundation for integrating the U.S. armed forces. Wed, 06 Jul 2016 10:30:00 -0400 https://www.npr.org/sections/codeswitch/2016/07/06/484792854/honoring-tuskegee-airman-roscoe-brown https://www.npr.org/sections/codeswitch/2016/07/06/484792854/honoring-tuskegee-airman-roscoe-brown Brown was one of the last surviving "Red Tail" pilots of the famed Tuskegee Airmen. These African-American pilots served in World War II, laying the foundation for integrating the U.S. armed forces.

]]> Karen Grigsby Bates Decorated Tuskegee Airman Lowell Steward Dies At 95 He flew nearly 150 missions and was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross, but after the war, Steward returned home and was denied a mortgage because of his skin color. Sat, 20 Dec 2014 14:38:00 -0500 https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2014/12/20/372126643/decorated-tuskegee-airman-lowell-steward-dies-at-95 https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2014/12/20/372126643/decorated-tuskegee-airman-lowell-steward-dies-at-95 He flew nearly 150 missions and was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross, but after the war, Steward returned home and was denied a mortgage because of his skin color.

]]> Scott Neuman Lt. Col. Herbert Carter, One Of The Last Tuskegee Airmen, Dies Carter flew 77 missions over Europe during World War II. He was among the 33 men who were the first African-American fighter pilots in U.S. history. Fri, 09 Nov 2012 10:16:00 -0500 https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2012/11/09/164777717/lt-col-herbert-carter-one-of-the-last-tuskegee-airmen-dies https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2012/11/09/164777717/lt-col-herbert-carter-one-of-the-last-tuskegee-airmen-dies Carter flew 77 missions over Europe during World War II. He was among the 33 men who were the first African-American fighter pilots in U.S. history.

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