tuskegee

"From the streets of Colorado Springs to the skies over Tuskegee, journey through childhood with Franklin J. Macon, one of the the fewer than one hundred documented Original Tuskegee Airmen"--Provided by publisher.

Revision of author's thesis (Ph. D.)-University of Virginia. Chronicles the civil rights movement in Macon County, Alabama.

A pictorial tribute to the African-American pilots who made the Tuskegee Army Air Field their home--and the men and women who served as their support personnel--as they made history during the Second World War and helped bring about the integration of the U.S. military.

Tells the story of the African-American men and women who served in the training program at the Tuskegee Army Air Field from 1941 to 1946, and includes first-hand accounts from pilots, mechanics, nurses, and others, and a selection of black-and-white photographs.