tuskegee airmen
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Wilfred DeFour, 100-Year-Old Tuskegee Airman, Dies
One of the first black aviators in the military, who served with the Tuskegee Airmen during World War II, was found dead Saturday in New York. He was 100 According to CNN, DeFour was found unconscious and unresponsive after police responded to a 911 call at in Harlem. There were no obvious signs of trauma,…
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Dascha Polanco Tells the Story of Dominican-Born Tuskegee Airman, Esteban Hotesse
For Latinx Heritage Month, The Root is highlighting black Latinxs who’ve made history. “Mi Gente Afrodescendiente” (My People of African Descent) is a series that sheds light on Afro-Latinx figures whose stories are often left out of our history books. In episode 1, actress and Dominican native Dascha Polanco (Orange is the New Black) tells…
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Remains of Tuskegee Airman Missing for 73 Years May Have Finally Been Found
The remains of a Tuskegee Airman who went missing in combat more than 70 years ago may have finally been found. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency, or DPAA, believes that it may have found the remains of Capt. Lawrence E. Dickson, a fighter pilot who was just 24 when his plane went down. If the…
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‘It Just Hasn’t Stopped’: Oldest Living Tuskegee Airman, 102, Laments About Continued Racial Discrimination
Sgt. Preston Jowers has seen a lot of things. At 102 years old, Jowers is the oldest living member of the first all-black aviation unit, the iconic Tuskegee Airmen. But one thing Jowers did not anticipate continuing to see is the racial discrimination that he and his fellow servicemen faced still continuing to be a…
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Oldest Member of the Tuskegee Airmen Dies in Fla. at 101
The oldest surviving member of the historic Tuskegee Airmen, Willie N. Rogers, died Friday in his hometown of St. Petersburg, Fla., at the age of 101, the Tampa Bay Times reports. According to the report, Rogers died of complications from a stroke. Rogers was a member of the renowned all-black Tuskegee Airmen, with whom he…
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Former Tuskegee Airman Audley Coulthurst Dies at Age 92
Another former member of the legendary Tuskegee Airmen has died. Audley Coulthurst passed away Thursday at a Veterans Affairs facility in Brooklyn, N.Y., after suffering cardiac arrest, his daughter, Audra Coulthurst, said, the Associated Press reports. He was 92. According to the report, Coulthurst enlisted in the Army in 1942, ultimately becoming one of the…
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Former Tuskegee Airman Roscoe C. Brown Jr. Dies at 94
Roscoe C. Brown Jr., one of the legendary Tuskegee Airmen who flew in World War II, died Saturday at Montefiore Hospital in the Bronx, N.Y. He was 94. According to NBC 4 New York, Brown, who held a doctorate in education, became critically ill toward the end of 2015. In May he had a pacemaker…