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It's another interview from the oral history collection of the Tuskegee Airmen National Historic Site in Tuskegee, Alabama. The son of an AME minister, Charles McGee believed that education was the key to equal opportunities for all races. He joined the Army Air Force at a time when its politics reflected the belief that blacks were incapable of succeeding in technologically complicated jobs. Without fanfare, McGee and his fellow Tuskegee Airmen proved that thinking wrong. McGee fought in three wars - WWII, Korea, and Vietnam - and racked up over 6300 flight hours by the time he retired.

American Political Archive
4/21/2007: WASHINGTON, DC: 1 hr. 35 mins.

In spite of adversity and limited opportunities, African Americans have played a significant role in U.S. military history over the past 300 years. They were denied military leadership roles and skilled training because many believed they lacked qualifications for combat duty. Before 1940, African Americans were barred from flying for the U.S. military. Civil rights organizations and the black press exerted pressure that resulted in the formation of an all African-American pursuit squadron based in Tuskegee, Alabama, in 1941. They became known as the Tuskegee Airmen. This week we'll hear a first-hand account from Lee "Buddy" Archer, one of those involved in the so-called "Tuskegee Experiment," the Army Air Corps program to train African Americans to fly and maintain combat aircraft. The Tuskegee Airmen became the latest recipients of the Congressional Gold Medal in a ceremony at the U.S. Capitol on March 29.

American Political Archive
4/14/2007: WASHINGTON, DC: 1 hr. 35 mins.


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