1. General H.H. Arnold unequivocally stated that "no Blacks would ever pilot a plane in the upcoming war [World War II.]"
2.Colonel Benjamin O. Davis Jr., son of the first African-American general, who became a general himself in 1965, came out of the Tuskegee Airmen of the 99th Pursuit Squadron. This squadron produced the first African-American combat pilots.
3.Tuskegee Army Air Field, located at Tuskegee Institute in Alabama, was the training center for all black fighter pilots during World War II.
4.Booker T. WAshington was the person who created the Tuskegee Institute in Alabama.
2.Colonel Benjamin O. Davis Jr., son of the first African-American general, who became a general himself in 1965, came out of the Tuskegee Airmen of the 99th Pursuit Squadron. This squadron produced the first African-American combat pilots.
3.Tuskegee Army Air Field, located at Tuskegee Institute in Alabama, was the training center for all black fighter pilots during World War II.
4.Booker T. WAshington was the person who created the Tuskegee Institute in Alabama.
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