Salute To The Tuskegee Airmen During Global Diversity Awareness Month

They piloted great airplanes during the critical days of World War II despite the naysayers who declared that black men could not possibly fly. Men of honor and integrity.  Men who stared American bred racism and foreign hatred down and fought on anyway.  They were the grounds crew. The flight crew. The administrators and leaders of their soldiers. Those who flew the planes. And those who supported or led the squadrons on the ground. And the military and civilian champions following World War II who continue to keep their legacy alive. 

This is great American story of the Tuskegee Airmen, whose roots go back 75 years to their beginning in 1941.  I am proud to be the daughter of a Tuskegee Airman who bravely served from 1941 to 1946.

As we celebrate Global Diversity Awareness Month throughout October, we salute the 75th Anniversary of the Tuskegee Airmen with our special guest, Willie Shellman.

The New England Chapter of the Tuskegee Airmen will celebrate this great story with a 75th Anniversary Gala set for Thursday October 27th on the Boston Campus of the University of Massachusetts.