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# African American History

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America’s Black Flyers: The Tuskegee Airmen

In early 1941, the US War Department reluctantly began to accept African Americans candidates for pilot training in the US Army Air Corps (later the US Army Air Forces). However, military authorities…

By Khalid Elhassan · 16 min

American History

Events and Historical Figures to Celebrate this Month

Since 1976, the year of the American Bicentennial, each US President has designated February as Black History Month. It is…

Larry Holzwarth · 31 min