Photographer
Tre'Chiondria Lathan
JB Welcomes the Tuskegee Airmen
"In December, 1941, the United States entered World War II's European theatre to join the Allied forces of Freedom and Democracy against the Nazi ideals of ethnic and racial purity. One of the Allies' strongest weapons was the 332nd Fighter Group, 450 Fighter Pilots known as the Tuskegee Airmen because they were trained at the Tuskegee Institute in Alabama. They were all Black." (http://www.taichicago.org).
The Quad City Aviators Association partnered with 100 Black Men of the Quad Cities and the Davenport School District to bring two Tuskegee Airmen to the Quad Cities.
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Photographer Tre'Chiondria Lathan |
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