On February 20, 2003, Mr. Lacy Ward, an administrator at Tuskegee University, came to Alabama State University to give to speak at a program sponsored by the English Honor Society. He spoke about the Tuskegee Airmen, the only black airmen in World War II. Mr.
Ward’s speech was based the knowledge he has obtained from an extensive study of history. His presentation was very educational, inspirational, and intriguing. The Tuskegee Airmen were the best fighter pilots in World War II. There were 1000 pilots and 14000 members of the ground crew, both men and women. They had the best statistics of any other fighter pilots in the war. The airmen escorted 200 allied bombers.
All of them returned. They ended many myths about the abilities of African Americans. Before these great African Americans took to the sky, it was believed that African Americans were mentally inferior because of their brain size. This inhibited African Americans from flying planes. There were African Americans, Booker T.
Washington, George W. Carver, Robert Mote n, and CDT Benjamin O. Davis, Jr. , who refused to believe this. These individuals’ actions lead to the Tuskegee Experiment. These men opened a school to teach African American to fly planes.
Young men and women came from all parts of the United States to be apart of this experiment. The experiment was successful. From it came the best fighter pilots of World War II, the Tuskegee Airmen. The issue that Mr.
Ward stressed was that these brave young African Americans were victorious in two fights. It is obvious that they were victorious in WWII. However, many fail that they were in another battle. This battle was against white America, a battle for equality.
The Term Paper on African-Americans In The Civil War
The foundation for black participation in the Civil War began more than a hundred years before the outbreak of the war. Blacks in America had been in bondage since early colonial times. In 1776, when Jefferson proclaimed mankind’s inalienable right to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness, the institution of slavery had become firmly established in America. Blacks worked in the tobacco ...
They over came the obstacles that led to the Civil Rights Movement. The Tuskegee Airmen won too battles in one try. Mr. Ward presented a topic which is often left out of the history books.
He did so with great passion. His presentation was exceptional. I thoroughly enjoyed it.
