Arts & Culture

Tuskegee Airmen Exhibit At Air Force Museum Expanded

WYSO | By Jerry Kenney

Published February 16, 2015 at 5:12 PM EST

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Posters like this one helped influence the public perception regarding blacks serving in the military.

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The expanded Tuskegee Airmen exhibit at the NMUSAF

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NMUSAF Historian, Dr. Jeff Underwood calls the inception of the Tuskegee Airmen "a watershed moment" in American military and civil rights history.

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A flight jacket on display in the Tuskegee exhibit can be seen in the accompanying photograph as it was worn by a Tuskegee Airmen.

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Tuskegee Airmen exhibit at NMUSAF

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Tuskegee Airmen exhibit at NMUSAF

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Tuskegee Airmen exhibit at NMUSAF

This month, the National Museum of the United States Air Force is featuring an exhibit dedicated to the Tuskegee Airmen—an all African-American army air corps squadron who served in the WWII. The museum has expanded the exhibit, and to find out more about the Airmen and their historical significance, we spoke with museum historian Dr. Jeff Underwood. In the following interview, Underwood calls the inception of the Tuskegee Airmen into WWII a 'watershed moment' in American military and civil rights history.

Find more information at the National Museum of the United States Air Force website.