Tuskegee Airmen Achievements

110 Words1 Page
bulb-icon

Recommended: African Americans in World War II

The Tuskegee Airmen were the first African American unit of fighter pilots. They fought in WWII as the 332nd fighter group and the 447th bombardment group. They are known as one of the Air Forces’ most successful and decorated escort groups. Their achievements helped lead President Truman to end racial discrimination in the military in 1948. Benjamin Oliver Davis Jr., their founder, was the first black three star general and also graduated from West Point. He was inducted into the National Aviation Hall of Fame in 1993. A few Tuskegee Airmen veterans founded Tuskegee Airmen, Inc., to help minority college students that have an interest in aviation and aerospace

Show More
Related

  • Benjamin O. Davis, Jr.

    538 Words  | 2 Pages

    Davis was serving as an ROTC instructor at Tuskegee Institute in 1940 when President Franklin Roosevelt became worried about his support among the black community during his third presidential election campaign. To solidify African-American support he promoted Benjamin Davis, Sr. to brigadier general and ordered the army air corps to create a black flying organization.

    Read More

  • Tuskegee Airmen

    547 Words  | 2 Pages

    The Tuskegee Airmen succeeded by proving success has nothing to do with color and playing a major role ending racial discrimination in the army and in the U.S. These black pilots were the first black flying unit in the U.S military. This unit was organized when Franklin D. Roosevelt decided to established an all black unit. Their first training base was located in Central Alabama near a place so called Tuskegee (Gropman). Tuskegee was located in Macon County. Not all blacks appeared to become pilots after training , but several had to become engineers, navigators, and many other varieties of occupations. In order to be a pilot, you had to be a college graduate and a possible officer in the Air Force. Many blacks from all over the U.S came to this training site to serve their country. There were multiple training phases that the men had to achieve also to be a pilot. Many men didn’t make it through all phases. After a while, they made a much larger airfield between Tallassee and Elmore County known as the new Tuskegee Army Air Field. The commander of this new airfield was a white ...

    Read More

  • Similarities Between Booker T. Washington And Jane Addams

    1541 Words  | 4 Pages

    Throughout the history of the United States, there have been individuals who have sought out to better society and develop solutions for social and economic problems. In all communities, there are clear distinctions between the privileged and poor. Many times these less fortunate individuals fail to rise up in the world because of the few opportunities they are given. Despite this, some individuals become empowered and impassioned by the hardships seen and have a yearning to create the change needed for the betterment of society. Two leading historical examples of such individuals include Booker T. Washington and Jane Addams. Booker T. Washington had established the Tuskegee Institute in Alabama, a school for colored people where a heavy emphasis

    Read More

  • Hank Williams Accomplishments

    777 Words  | 2 Pages

    Hank Williams Jr as we know him was born Hank Randall Williams, born in small town Shreveport, Louisiana, on May 26, 1949. Hank Jr was only three when his father Hank died, but that did not stop his music dream. At just the age of 8 Hank Jr began singing his dad songs on stage. “Williams made his stage debut at the age of 8 and his first appearance at Nashville's famed Grand Ole Opry at age 11. At age 15, Williams had his first Top 5 hit on the country charts. " (http://www.biography.com/) Even though his father was gone, Hank Jr helped carry on his legacy through music. His mother being his biggest supporter, helped him along the way.

    Read More

  • American Minorities during World War II

    1439 Words  | 3 Pages

    World War II opened up several opportunities for African American men during and after the war. First of all, the blacks were able to join the military, the Navy and the Army Air Corps’ (Reinhardt and Ganzel 1). The African Americans were allowed to join the military because they were needed, but they would be trained separately and put in separate groups then the white men because America was still prejudice. (Reinhardt and Ganzel 1). The same went for the African Americans that joined the Navy, only they were given the menial jobs instead of the huge jobs (Reinhardt and Ganzel 1). African Americans that joined the Army Air Corps’ were also segregated (Reinhardt and Ganzel 1). The Army Air Corps’ African American also known as the Tuskegee Airmen were sent to the blacks university in Tuskegee for their training (Reinhardt and Ganzel 1). They became one of the most well known groups of flyers during World War II th...

    Read More

  • The Tuskegee Airmen

    2006 Words  | 5 Pages

    The Tuskegee Airmen were a fine example of many who had fought for equality between blacks and whites as well as many who had sought opportunity for blacks in those times, and had a high number of achievements and awards during their time in the military. Works Cited George, Linda and Charles. The Tuskegee Airmen. Canada: Children's Press, 2001. Brooks, Philip.

    Read More

  • The Souls of Black Folk by W.E.B Dubois

    3326 Words  | 7 Pages

    Du Bois examines the years immediately following the Civil War and, in particular, the Freedmen's Bureau's role in Reconstruction. He feels the Bureau's failures were due not only to Southern opposition and "national neglect," but also to mismanagement and courts that were biased. The Bureau did have successes, and there most important contribution to the progress was the founding of school for African American. Since the end of Reconstruction in 1876, Du Bois claims that the most significant event in African American history has been the coming about of the educator, Booker T. Washington. He then became the spokesman for the ...

    Read More

  • Malcolm X's Life and Accomplishments

    1413 Words  | 3 Pages

    Malcolm X was an African American minister and civil rights leader. Unlike many activists of his time, he took a different approach on the movement. In his lifetime, from 1925 to 1965, he was known as an advocate for the rights of blacks, and has been named one of the greatest and most influential men in history.

    Read More

  • Booker T. Washington

    1169 Words  | 3 Pages

    Booker T. Washington was the first African American whose likeness appeared on a United States postage stamp. Washington also was thus honored a quarter century after his death. In 1946 he also became the first black with his image on a coin, a 50-cent piece. The Tuskegee Institute, which Washington started at the age of 25, was the where the 10-cent stamps first were available. The educator's monument on its campus shows him lifting a symbolic veil from the head of a freed slave.

    Read More

  • Inequality for African Americans

    1853 Words  | 4 Pages

    ...or their heroic efforts during times of such as the 369th battalion and Doris Miller. African Americans had more of their basic rights, political voice, respect, and were able to blend into American society by the end of World War II.

    Read More

  • Up From Slavery, by Booker T. Washington

    1135 Words  | 3 Pages

    Booker T. Washington was a young black male born into the shackles of Southern slavery. With the Union victory in the Civil War and the Emancipation Proclamation of 1863, Washington’s family and blacks in the United States found hope in a new opportunity, freedom. Washington saw this freedom as an opportunity to pursue a practical education. Through perseverance and good fortunes, Washington was able to attain that education at Hampton National Institute. At Hampton, his experiences and beliefs in industrial education contributed to his successful foundation at the Tuskegee Institute. The institute went on to become the beacon of light for African American education in the South. Booker T. Washington was an influential voice in the African American community following the Civil War. In his autobiography, Up from Slavery, Washington outlines his personal accounts of his life, achievements, and struggles. In the autobiography, Washington fails to address the struggle of blacks during Reconstruction to escape the southern stigma of African Americans only being useful for labor. However, Washington argues that blacks should attain an industrial education that enables them to find employment through meeting the economic needs of the South, obtaining moral character and intelligence, and embracing practical labor. His arguments are supported through his personal accounts as a student at Hampton Institute and as an administrator at the Tuskegee Institute. Washington’s autobiography is a great source of insight into the black education debate following Reconstruction.

    Read More

  • Tuskegee Institute Essay

    436 Words  | 1 Pages

    Booker T. Washington was a founder of the Tuskegee University, and the principal of Tuskegee University from 1881 to 1915. While the University was under his care he was recognized for his skill with fundraising and organizing; he also got the University to have institutional dependence in 1892 (Tuskegee University). Dr. Washington died at the age of 59 in 1915. With Dr. Washington’s death, a new president had to be chosen for the Tuskegee University; this man’s name was Robert R. Moton. Dr. Moton had helped in the creation of the Tuskegee Veterans Administration Hospital; as the article states, “Robert R. Moton was president of Tuskegee from 1915 to 1935. Under his leadership, the Tuskegee Veteran’s Administration Hospital was created on land donated by the Institute. The Tuskegee V.A. Hospital, opened in 1923, was the first and only staffed by Black professionals. Dr. Moton was succeeded in 1935 by Dr. Frederick D. Patterson. Dr. Patterson oversaw the establishment of the School of Veterinary Medicine at Tuskegee. Today, nearly 75 percent of Black veterinarians in America are Tuskegee graduates” (Tuskegee

    Read More

  • Accomplishments

    514 Words  | 2 Pages

    I have not had a single accomplishment that is worth writing about but I feel that my college completion will be one accomplishment that I will be most proud. I feel that I am taking one step forward in life that will make me become a more successful person.

    Read More

  • Essay On Civil Rights Movement

    2889 Words  | 6 Pages

    African Americans fought until the Jim Crow laws were taken out of effect, and they received equality of all people regardless of race. Along the way there were many controversial court cases and important leaders who helped to take a stand against racial segregation.

    Read More

  • Accomplishments

    323 Words  | 1 Pages

    During my life I had some accomplishments. But, I will tell you the truth I cannot call them as my great accomplishments. At this point of my life I had the two greatest events. My first event was my high school graduation. The second event, which was the biggest and the most unforgettable was my wedding day.

    Read More

More about Tuskegee Airmen Achievements

Open Document