KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Colonel Reginald Bassa, Sr., a Tuskegee Institute graduate and one of the oldest living Tuskegee Airmen, served a successful 30-year career in the United States Air Force. He was ...

Tuskegee sirens showcase their style as homecoming fashion takes center stage. Sunny or grey, they gon’ slay!

O n April 6, 1968, two days after the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr., a confrontation unfolded at the Tuskegee Institute, the historic land-grant college in eastern Alabama. Twelve members of ...

It was 90 years ago in October of 1932 that the “Tuskegee Study of Untreated Syphilis in the Negro Male” was implemented by the U.S. Public Health Service (PHS) at Tuskegee Institute in Alabama. And ...

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. — The folks over at the Grand Rapids Public Library made a fascinating discovery while digging through their massive archives back in March 2021, and are now sharing them with the ...

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A paperback edition of Pilot Training School: Tuskegee Institute, Tuskegee Institute, Alabama. The full title, with both subtitles, is printed in white block text across two red banners at the top and ...

Lt. Col. George Hardy, the youngest fighter pilot of the Tuskegee Airmen, the nation’s first Black military pilots, has died. He was 100. Sign up for our Daily eBlast to get coverage on Black ...

INDIANAPOLIS – Protecting freedom isn’t always as black and white as we may think. Central Indiana historians found at least 14 local Hoosiers were part of an esteemed, all Black squadron: the ...

In the summers of the early 1950s, multitudes of American children were stuck in their home. Parents didn’t permit them to play together because, when the weather got warm, society entered a nightmare ...

Lt. Col. George Hardy, the youngest fighter pilot of the Tuskegee Airmen, the nation’s first Black military pilots, has died. He was 100. Hardy was the last surviving combat pilot of the Tuskegee ...