It was a shameful period for the American military during the second World War. The thousands of black men who served our country were treated as inferior to their caucasion brothers. Here three soldiers, including a Trentonian by the name of Elwood Driver, receive a welcome to Tuskegee Air Field in Alabama. It took nearly a half century for the military to be fully integrated.
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Friday, November 24, 2006
1946: The Tuskegee Airmen
It was a shameful period for the American military during the second World War. The thousands of black men who served our country were treated as inferior to their caucasion brothers. Here three soldiers, including a Trentonian by the name of Elwood Driver, receive a welcome to Tuskegee Air Field in Alabama. It took nearly a half century for the military to be fully integrated.
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