The Young Honor the Old is a photograph by Kimberly Perry which was uploaded on June 28th, 2012.
The Young Honor the Old
A young boy requests the autograph of a former Tuskegee Airmen. From Wikipedia: The Tuskegee Airmen /tʌsˈkiːɡiː/[1] is the... more
Title
The Young Honor the Old
Artist
Kimberly Perry
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Photograph
Description
A young boy requests the autograph of a former Tuskegee Airmen. From Wikipedia: The Tuskegee Airmen /tʌsˈkiːɡiː/[1] is the popular name of a group of African-American pilots who fought in World War II. Formally, they formed the 332nd Fighter Group and the 477th Bombardment Group of the United States Army Air Forces.
The Tuskegee Airmen were the first African-American military aviators in the United States armed forces. During World War II, African Americans in many U.S. states were still subject to the Jim Crow laws[N 1] and the American military was racially segregated, as was much of the federal government. The Tuskegee Airmen were subjected to racial discrimination, both within and outside the army. All black military pilots who trained in the United States (including five Haitians) trained at Moton Field, located in Tuskegee, Alabama.
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June 28th, 2012