Tuskegee Airmen National Historic Site
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The Tuskegee Airmen National Historic Site is located at Moton Filed in Tuskegee Alabama. This was the locaton for training of the pilots knwn as the Tuskegee Airmen. They have two hangers with planes and displays and a movie theater that shows a short movie on the history. Moton filed is named after Tuskegee Institute principal Robert Russa Moton. During WWII the military selected Tuskegee Institute to train African American pilots. The Tuskegee Airmen overcame segregation and prejudice to become one of the most highly respected fighter groups of World War II. They proved conclusively that African Americans could fly and maintain sophisticated combat aircraft. |
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In Tuskegee the Tuskegee Institute campus was designated a National Historic Site by the National Park Service. The school was founded on July 4, 1881, as the Tuskegee Normal School for Colored Teachers. The campus also has the Booker T Washington Museum. The campus is very pretty and the museum was very interesting. |
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