Tuskegee+Airmen

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=The Tuskegee Airmen= This topic is a civil rights issue because the Tuskegee Airmen were the first black aviators to fight in the United States armed forces. These pilots suffered from the discrimination of whites who thought that blacks did not have the intellect or ability to pilot an airplane.

The Tuskegee airmen were amongst the greatest African-American scholars and skilled military men, who were fighting to make a difference in two ways. One being to defend their country by all means no matter their race or color, and to show the Earth that black Americans can do just as great, if not better in the air than other Caucasian soldiers. These men were picked from the United States army strictly and carefully. For these men were graded based on knowledge of sophisticated material, such as operations, meteorology, intelligence, engineering, medicine, engine mechanics, armament specialists, and radio repair. In such a short amount of time, these men feeling singled out for their heritage, were amazingly turned into Americas best pilots of all time. The Tuskegee won their respect. This affected blacks in the air, in the army, and in America.