TUSKEGEE AIRMEN        

February 2003

Compiled by Bibliography Branch
Bibliographer,  Air University Library
Maxwell AFB, AL

Contents:

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Internet Sites

Air Force Link News Site Search
Available online at: http://www.af.mil/search97/s97is.vts?query=Tuskegee+Airmen&action=filtersearch&filter=airforce.hts&resulttemplate=airforce_default.hts&category=news&submit=go&go.x=6&go.y=5
Search AF Link website for news of the Tuskegee Airmen.

 Black Eagles. Current Events 99:2-6 February 11, 2000.
Available online at: http://search.ebscohost.com/direct.asp?AN=2780461&db=f5h&

 Branch, Omar. A General Finally Gets His Due. New York Amsterdam News 90:8 December 31, 1998.
Available online at: http://search.ebscohost.com/direct.asp?AN=1435830&db=f5h&

Browne, J. Zamgba. Full-scale Replica Unveiled By Pataki In Honor of Tuskegee Airmen. New York Amsterdam News 92:8 January 18, 2001.
Available online at: http://search.ebscohost.com/direct.asp?AN=4003615&db=f5h&

Carter, Herbert E. The Legacy of the Tuskegee Airmen. National Forum 75:10-16 Fall 1995.
Available online at: http://search.ebscohost.com/direct.asp?AN=9511251335&db=f5h&

Clinton, William J. President William J. Clinton Delivers Remarks at Groundbreaking Ceremony for World War Two Memorial.  FDCH Regulatory Intelligence Database November 11, 2000.
Available online at: http://search.ebscohost.com/direct.asp?AN=00320002000111101TR&db=f5h&

George Oliver, Tuskegee Airman, Dead at 76. New York Amsterdam News 87:10 January 27, 1996.
Available online at: http://search.ebscohost.com/direct.asp?AN=9605230196&db=f5h&

 History of the Tuskegee Airmen 1941-45
Available online at: http://www.kent.wednet.edu/KSD/SJ/TuskegeeAirmen/Tuskegee_Timeline.htm
A historical timeline of the Tuskegee Airmen. .

 Johnson, Lance.  Tuskegee Airmen Honored.  New York Amsterdam News, 93:46 November 14, 2002.
Available online at:  http://search.ebscohost.com/direct.asp?an=8510359&db=f5h 

Lest We Forget. Tuskegee Airmen
Available online at: http://www.coax.net/people/lwf/tus_air.htm

Lewter. Original Tuskegee Airmen Meet Buffalo Soldiers On Staten Island. New York Amsterdam News 90:33-35 June 3, 1999.
Available online at: http://search.ebscohost.com/direct.asp?AN=2486012&db=f5h&

Lipscomb, Damon. Gen. B.O. Davis Jr., Tuskegee Airman Commander, Dies at 89. New York Amsterdam News 93:4 July 11, 2002.
Available online at: http://search.ebscohost.com/direct.asp?AN=7001349&db=f5h&

McQuire Troops Meet Legendary Aviators.  FDCH Regulatory Intelligence Database February 14, 2001.
Available online at: http://search.ebscohost.com/direct.asp?AN=32W20019200009788&db=mth&

Park Service Begins Work On Tuskegee Airmen Strike. New York Amsterdam News 90:2 March 4, 1999.
Available online at: http://search.ebscohost.com/direct.asp?AN=1645627&db=f5h&

 Pioneering Tuskegee Airman Laid to Rest in Arlington.  FDCH Regulatory Intelligence Database July 17, 2002.
Available online at: http://search.ebscohost.com/direct.asp?AN=32W1816830123&db=mth&

The Red Tail Project
Available online at: http://www.redtail.org/
Information on restoring Tuskegee Airmen planes. Also includes information on the combat record of the Tuskegee Airmen, information on the creation of the CTCP and Tuskegee Army Air Field, and information on the training and creation of the 99th Fighter Squadron.

 Role Models, Education Keys to Success.  FDCH Regulatory Intelligence Database February 12, 2002.
Available online at: http://search.ebscohost.com/direct.asp?AN=32W0768844942&db=mth&

 'Salute to the Tuskegee Airmen' at Lehman College. New York Amsterdam News 93:9-11 February 21, 2002.
Available online at: http://search.ebscohost.com/direct.asp?AN=6288053&db=f5h&

 Statement by the President.  FDCH Regulatory Intelligence Database July 6, 2002.
Available online at: http://search.ebscohost.com/direct.asp?AN=32W2446434116&db=mth&

Students Winning Design will Honor World War II Hero.  Techniques: Connecting Education & Careers, 77:8 November/December 2002.
Available online at:  http://search.ebscohost.com/direct.asp?an=7687349&db=aph 

Tuskegee Airman Remembers Life as A Trainee.  FDCH Regulatory Intelligence Database February 2, 2001.
Available online at: http://search.ebscohost.com/direct.asp?AN=32W20019200006672&db=mth&

 The Tuskegee Airmen
Available online at: http://nasaui.ited.uidaho.edu/nasaspark/safety/history/tusk.html
Includes a brief history, color photos and links.

Tuskegee Airmen Art
Available online at: http://www.allenscreations.com/tuskair.htm
Collector art prints featuring Tuskegee Airmen.

 Tuskegee Airmen Enjoy Bittersweet Return to Hondo.  FDCH Regulatory Intelligence Database August 13, 2000.
Available online at: http://search.ebscohost.com/direct.asp?AN=32W20009200005631&db=mth&

 Tuskegee Airmen Inc.,
Available online at: http://tuskegeeairmen.org/
Official Tuskegee Airmen organization site. Includes historical and biographical information. Long list of links to various Tuskegee Airmen sites included.

Tuskegee Airmen National Museum
Available online at: http://pw1.netcom.com/~chehaw/taimuseum.htm

Tuskegee Airmen of World War II
Available online at: http://history.acusd.edu/gen/WW2Timeline/Tuskegee.html
Includes detailed timeline, photos and links.

 Tuskegee Airmen Recall Air Force Pioneer.  FDCH Regulatory Intelligence Database December 11, 1998.
Available online at: http://search.ebscohost.com/direct.asp?AN=113111656486&db=mth&

 Tuskegee Airmen Return to Skies at McGuire. FDCH Regulatory Intelligence Database February 24, 2000.
Available online at: http://search.ebscohost.com/direct.asp?AN=111247300069&db=mth&

 Tuskegee Airmen Site Dedication Draws More than 1,500. Black Issues in Higher Education, 15:12 September 12, 2002.
Available online at: http://search.ebscohost.com/direct.asp?AN=7371985&db=f5h&

 Tuskegee Airmen to Share History During Holiday Fair. New York Amsterdam News 93:33 October 10, 2002.
Available online at: http://search.ebscohost.com/direct.asp?AN=7548707&db=f5h&

 "Tuskegee Airmen" - Topics: U.S./1941 - 1945
Available online at: http://www.teachwithmovies.org/guides/tuskegee-airmen.html
Personal recollections of Colonel Alexander Jefferson.

The Tuskegee Experience: A Brief History
Available online at: http://www.ebonywings.com/index.html

USAF. Tuskegee Airman Memorial
Available online at: http://www.usafa.af.mil/pa/media/facts/tuskegee.htm
United States Air Force fact sheet.

USAF Museum. Tuskegee Airmen
Available online at: http://www.wpafb.af.mil/museum/history/prewwii/ta.htm
Includes brief history and photos.

Washburn, Patrick S. Tuskegee Airmen. Boys' Life 84:40-43 February 1994.
Available online at: http://search.ebscohost.com/direct.asp?AN=9402027584&db=f5h&

Books

Ambrose, Stephen E. The Wild Blue: The Men and Boys Who Flew the B-24s Over Germany 1944-45. New York, Touchstone, 2002. 299 p
Tuskegee Airmen, pp 212-215.
Book call no.: 940.544973 A496wa

Astor, Gerald. The Right to Fight: A History of African Americans in the Military. Novato, CA, Presidio Press, 1998. 529 p.
Book call no.: 355.008996073 A858r

Black Americans in Defense of Our Nation. Rev. ed. Washington, DC, GPO, 1991. 300 p.
The Black American in the Air Force, pp 117-122 (Brief discussion of Tuskegee Airmen, pp 118-119).
Book call no.: 355.008996073 B627 1991

Blacks in the United States Armed Forces: Basic Documents, edited by Morris J. MacGregor and Bernard C. Nalty. Wilmington, DE, Scholarly Resources, 1977. 13 vols.
Negro Personnel in the Air Force (1940-1945), Vol 11, pp 1240-1243.
Book call no.: 355.0973 B631 vol. 1-13

Buchanan, Albert Russell. Black Americans in World War II. Santa Barbara, CA, Clio Books, 1977. 148 p.
Book call no.: 940.5403 B918b

Cooper, Charlie and Cooper Ann. Tuskegee's Heroes: Featuring the Aviation Art of Roy La Grone, foreword by Benjamin O. Davis, Jr. Osceola, WI, Motorbooks, 1996. 156 p.
Book call no.: 940.544973 C776t

Davis, Lenwood G. Blacks in the American Armed Forces, 1776-1983: A Bibliography. Westport, CT, Greenwood Press, 1985. 198 p.
Book call no.: 016.355008996073 D262b

Donaldson, Gary. The History of African Americans in the Military. Malabar, FL, Kreiger Pub. Co., 1991. 182 p.
See pp 113-116 for a brief discussion of the Tuskegee Airmen.
Book call no.: 355.0089 D676h

Dryden, Charles W. A-Train: Memoirs of a Tuskegee Airman. Tuscaloosa, AL, University of Alabama Press, 1997. 421 p.
Book call no.: 92 D799a

Ferguson, William C. Black Flyers in World War II. Cleveland, OH, W.C. Ferguson, 1987. 64 p.
Book call no.: 385.5 F353b

Francis, Charles E. The Tuskegee Airmen: The Men Who Changed a Nation.. 3rd ed., revised and enlarged. Boston, Branden Pub. Co., 1993. 393 p.
Earlier editions published in 1956 and 1988. Call number: 940.544973 F818t
Book call no.: 940.544973 F818t 1993

Furr, Arthur. Democracy's Negroes, A Book of Facts Concerning the Activities of Negroes in World War II. Boston, MA, The House of Edinboro, 1947. 315 p.
Chapter 5: The Air Corps, pp 169-180.
Book call no.: 940.5403 F989d

Gillead, Le Roy F. The Tuskegee Experiment and Tuskegee Airmen 1939-1949. San Francisco, [n.p.], 1994. 33 p.
Book call no.: 940.5403 G476t

Gropman, Alan L. The Air Force Integrates, 1945-1964. Washington, DC, Office of Air Force History, 1978. 384 p.
Book call no.: 358.33 A2987a

Hardesty, Von. Black Wings: The American Black in Aviation. Washington, DC, National Air and Space Museum, Smithsonian Institute, 1984. 80 p.
Book call no.: 387.708996073 H259b

Hastie, William Henry. On clipped wings; the story of Jim Crow in the Army Air Corps. New York, National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, [1943]. 20 p.
Book call no.: 355.0089 H356o

Holway, John. Red Tails, Black Wings: The Men of America's Black Air Force.. Las Cruces, NM, Yucca Tree, 1997. 393 p.
Book call no.: 940.544973 H759r

Homan, Lynn M. Black Knights: The Story of the Tuskegee Airmen. Gretna, LA., Pelican, 2001. 336 p.
Book call no.: 940.544973 H763b

Homan, Lynn M. and Reilly Thomas. The Tuskegee Airmen. Charleston, SC, Arcadia, 1998. 128 p.
Book call no.: 940.544973 H763t

Jakeman, Robert J. The Divided Skies: Establishing Segregated Flight Training at Tuskegee, Alabama, 1934-1942. Tuscaloosa, AL, University of Alabama Press, 1992. 416 p.
Book call no.: 358.4317 J25d

Johnson, Hayden C. The Fighting 99th Air Squadron, 1941-1945. New York, Vantage Press, 1987. 49 p.
Book call no.: 940.544973 J67f

Lanning, Michael Lee. The African American Soldier: From Crispus Attucks to Colin Powell. Seacacus, NJ, Carol Publishing Group, 1997. 310 p.
Book call no.: 355.008996073 L292a

McGovern, James R. Black Eagle, General Daniel "Chappie" James Jr.  Tuscaloosa, AL, University of Alabama Press, 1985. 204 p.
See Chapter 2: Tuskegee Years, pp 31-40.
Book call no.: 92 J273m

McKissack, Pat and McKissack Fredrick. Red-Tail Angels: The Story of the Tuskegee Airmen of World War II.. New York, Walker and Co., 1995. 136 p.
Book call no.: 940.544973 M158r

Nalty, Bernard C. Strength for the Fight: A History of Black Americans in the Military. New York, Free Press, 1986. 424 p.
See Chapter 10: The Army's Black Eagles, pp 143-161.
Book call no.: 355.008996073 N173s

Osur, Alan M. Blacks in the Army Air Forces during World War II. New York, Arno Press, 1980. 227 p.
Book call no.: 940.5403 O85b 1980

Rose, Robert A. Lonely Eagles: The Story of America's Black Air Force in World War II.  Los Angeles, Tuskegee Airmen, Los Angeles Chapter, 1980. 160 p.
Book call no.: 358.5 R797l 1980

Sandler, Stanley. Segregated Skies: All-Black Combat Squadrons of WW II.  Washington, DC, Smithsonian Institution, 1992. 217 p.
Book call no.: 940.544973 S217s

Scott, Lawrence P. and Womack Willima M. Double V: The Civil Rights Struggle of the Tuskegee Airmen.  East Lansing, Michigan State University Press, 1994. 322 p.
Also available online at: http://www.netLibrary.com/urlapi.asp?action=summary&v=1&bookid=22823
Book call no.: 940.544973 S427d

Silvera, John D. The Negro in World War II. New York, Arno Press, 1969. n.p.
Mostly photos. See sections Eagles at War, First Class at Tuskegee, The Fighting Ninety-Ninth, and Doubts Erased.
Book call no.: 940.541273 S587n

United States. Office of Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Equal Opportunity and Safety Policy. Black Americans In Defense of Our Nation. Washington, DC, Department of Defense, 1982. 176 p.
Book call no.: 355.008996073 B627

Wakin, Edward. Black Fighting Men in U.S. History. New York, Lothrop, Lee & Shepard Co., 1971. 192 p.
Tuskegee Airmen discussed on pp 130-133.
Book call no.: 301.451 W149b

Warren, James C. The Freeman Field Mutiny: A Tuskegee Airmen's Story. Vacaville, CA, Conyers, 1996. 213 p.
Book call no.: 940.5403 W289f

Willard, Tom. Wings of Honor. New York, Forge, 1999. 320 p. (Black Sabre Chronicles bk. 3)
Book call no.: 813.54 W695bb

Wright, Kai.  Soldiers of Freedom:  An Illustrated History of African Americans in the Armed Forces.  New York, Black Dog and Leventhal, 2002.  294 p. 
See page 173 for information on the Tuskegee Army Airfield.  For information on race relations at the Tuskegee Airfield, see pages 175 and 177-178.  

Documents

Brown, Betty J. and Darby James R. The Tuskegee Experiment: The Tuskegee Airman Toolbook.  Maxwell AFB, AL, Air Command and Staff College, 1997. 14 leaves.
Contains brief assessments of nine people whose leadership proved to be effective in the success of the Tuskegee Experiment.
Doc. call no.: M-U 43122 B8776t

Hensley, Joseph W. History of 66th AAF Flying Training Detachment, Moton Field, Tuskegee Institute, Alabama. s.l., s.d. 30 p .
Doc. call no.: M-U 44207

Hunt, Robert V. From Tuskegee to Baghdad: Black Opportunities and Challenges. Maxwell AFB, AL, 1992. 1 vol.
See Ch. 1, The Tuskegee Experiment, pp 1-11.
Doc. call no.: M-U 43117 H942f

Pridgen, Johnny C. A Unit History of the 99th Fighter Squadron, 1941-1949.  Maxwell AFB, AL, Air Command and Staff College, 1988. 29 p.
Doc. call no.: M-U 43122 P947u

Russell, Andra M. Tuskegee Airmen: Leaders of Men. Maxwell AFB, AL, Air War College, 1996. 35 leaves.
Doc. call no.: M-U 43117 R961t

Periodicals
 Some of the articles listed below require access to subscription databases.  If you cannot gain access, contact your local library for availability.  AU  students and faculty can contact AUL's Web Maintainer for a password

Adde, Nick. Tuskegee Airmen Aimed High. Air Force Times 48:63 February 29, 1988.

Atkins, Steve. 1940-50. Army Times 60:110-113 September 27, 1999.
Supplement American. Information on the Tuskegee Airmen, who flew in North Africa and across Europe mainly as fighter escorts for bombers.

Betts, M. W. The Tuskegee Airmen. Dispatch 39:9 February 7, 1985.

Blacks in Aviation History. Ebony 49:118-120 February 1994.

Blake, Steve. America's Black Fighter Pilots in WWII. Fighter Pilots in Aerial Combat Part One 2:8-11 Fall 1981. Part Two 3:19-23 Winter 1982. Part Three 9:3-9 Summer 1983. Part Four 10:3-10 Fall 1983.

Brock, Pope. Chief Anderson (of the Tuskegee Airmen). People 30:149-150+ November 28, 1988.

Butler, Wanda. Dreams of Fllight. Southern Living 31:104-107 October 1996 .

Callander, Bruce. Tuskegee Few: Winning their Wings, Repeatedly. Air Force Times 43:14 February 28, 1983.

Chapman, Suzann. Gen. Benjamin O. Davis, Jr., 1912-2002. Air Force Magazine 85:12 August 2002.
Also available online at: http://www.afa.org/magazine/world/0802world.asp#anchorthirteen

Charles Alfred Anderson, Trainer of Tuskegee Airmen, Succumbs to Cancer at 89. Jet 89:59-61 May 6, 1996.
Also available online at: http://search.ebscohost.com/direct.asp?AN=9605100473&db=f5h&

Chayes, Antonia Handler. Comments at Tuskegee Institute Honoring Black Military Leaders Air Force Policy Letter for Commanders: Supplement 10:8-13 October 1979.

Coleman, Danielle L. Maj. A Tuskegee Airman Speaks Out On Safety--Then and Now. Combat Edge 9:8-9 February 2001.
Also available online at: http://search.ebscohost.com/direct.asp?AN=4205951&db=f5h&

Combat Records for Tuskegee Airmen, June 9, 1945. Combat Edge 9:10 February 2001.
Also available online at: http://search.ebscohost.com/direct.asp?AN=4205952&db=f5h&

Davis, Jerry A. Black Wings of Tuskegee. Alabama Heritage 27:30-43 Winter 1993.

de Leon, Rudy. Address to Tuskegee Airmen, Inc. 29th National Convention: Remarks, San Antonio, TX, Aug 11 2000. Defense Viewpoint pp 7 August 2000.
Also available online at: http://www.defenselink.mil/speeches/2000/s20000811-depsecdef.html

Dendy, John B. IV TSgt. A Fateful Mission (Tuskegee Airmen). Airman 46:32-37 February 2002.
Also available online at: http://www.af.mil/news/airman/0202/crew.html

Dendy, John B. IV TSgt. Tuskegee: Life On the Line. Airman 45:36-39 February 2001.
Also available online at: http://www.af.mil/news/airman/0201/tusk.html

Dendy, John B. IV TSgt. Tuskegee Memories. Airman 46:44-48 February 2002.
Also available online at: http://www.af.mil/news/airman/0202/haiti.html

Display Honors Luke Squadron's Heritage. Citizen Airmen 53:28 April 2001.
Also available online at: http://search.ebscohost.com/direct.asp?AN=4435805&db=f5h&

Dorsey, Michael SSgt. President Clinton Pins Fourth Star on General Davis, Tuskegee. Airman 43:14 February 1999.
Also available online at: http://www.af.mil/news/airman/0299/world6.htm

Dr. Broadus Nathaniel Butler, 75, Tuskegee Airman and Educator, Dies in Washington, D.C. Jet 89:61 January 29, 1996.
Also available online at: http://search.ebscohost.com/direct.asp?AN=9602021585&db=f5h&

Enda, Jodi. Open Sky: Black WWII Pilots Receive Salute for Breaking the Color Barrier. Current News Special Edition: Equal Opportunity 1911:23 June 1992.

Erstein, Hap. The Eagles Who Touched the Sky. Insight 7:53-55 March 4, 1991.

Farley, Christopher J. and Hornblower Margot. Winning the Right to Fly. Time 146:62-64 August 28, 1995.

First Black Class Given Commissions. Dispatch 46:18 March 13, 1992.
Reprint of a March 14, 1942 article which originally appeared in the Southeast Air Corps Training Center News.

Fleischman, John. The Reunion. Air & Space Smithsonian 16:26-30 August-September 2001.

Fogleman, Ronald R. Tuskegee Airmen's Legacy of Service for Youth Today. Defense Issues 10:1-4 1995.

A Four-Star Salute. Air Force Times 59:27 December 21, 1998.
Also available online at: http://search.ebscohost.com/direct.asp?AN=1416434&db=f5h&

Gen. Benjamin O. Davis Jr., First Black Air Force General, Dies At Age 89. Jet 102:14-17 July 22, 2002.
Also available online at: http://search.ebscohost.com/direct.asp?AN=6974267&db=f5h&

Ginovsky, John. Tuskegee Airmen See Glamour Fading From Flying Mission. Air Force Times 50:3 August 21, 1989.

Glenn, Mike. Tuskegee Airmen Making History Again. Air Force Times 60:10 October 11,1999.
Also available online at: http://search.ebscohost.com/direct.asp?AN=2351812&db=f5h&

Gropman, Alan L. Air Force, 1941-1951: From Segregation to Integration. Air Power History 40:25-29 Summer 1993.

Gropman, Alan L. General Benjamin O. Davis, Jr.: American Hero Air Power History 46:4-16 Summer 1999.
Also available online at: http://search.ebscohost.com/direct.asp?AN=2012842&db=f5h&

Gropman, Alan L. Tuskegee Airmen. Air Force Magazine 79:52-56 March 1996.
Also available online at: http://www.afa.org/magazine/March1996/0396tuske.html

 Groves, Kathy E.  Tuskegee Airmen to Visit the Virginia Aviation Museum in February.  Aviation History 13:80 January 2003.  
Also available online at:  http://search.ebscohost.com/direct.asp?an=8649648&db=aph 

Guttman, Jon. Charles McGee: Tuskegee and Beyond. Aviation History 9:38-44 March 1999.
Also available online at: http://search.ebscohost.com/direct.asp?AN=1474675&db=f5h&

Harper, Gene. Tuskegee: Runway to Victory. Soldiers 39:49-52 February 1984.

Harris, Lorenzo D. All Guts, Little Glory (332nd Fighter Group in WWII) Airman 29:27-31 February 1985.

Harris, Lorenzo D. Another Run at the Target Airman 25:11-15 January 1981.

Heinl, Nancy G. Col. Charles Young: Pointman. Army 27:30-33 March 1977.

Historic Tuskegee Unit Rejoins Air Force. Air Force Magazine 82:20 November 1999.

Honors for Tuskegee Airman. Air Force Times 55:2 August 8, 1994.
Also available online at: http://search.ebscohost.com/direct.asp?AN=9410101666&db=f5h&

Jefferson, Oshawn. Tuskegee Airmen Remembered. Airmen 44:49 October 2000.
Also available online at: http://search.ebscohost.com/direct.asp?AN=3901070&db=f5h&

Keerdoja, E. Tuskegee Airmen Keep on Flying. Newsweek 100:10 August 9, 1982.

Keogh, Rosemary. Discrimination Didn't Ground His Dreams of Flying. Current News Special Edition: Equal Opportunity pp 13-14 February 1983.
About LtCol. Bertram W. Wilson, one of the Tuskegee Airmen.

Mahon, Ray. Color Them Courageous: The Tuskegee Airmen Battled the Germans and Racism. The American Legion 139:72 September 1995.

Markowitz, Robert and Sandler Stanley. The Tuskegee Airmen. The American Historical Review 101:1171-1173 1996.

McDowell, T. J. The Tuskegee Airmen. Sergeants 19:22-27 October 1981.

McKenna, Pat TSgt. Lonely Eagles (Tuskegee Airmen). Airman 43:24-27 February 1999.
Also available online at: http://www.af.mil/news/airman/0299/tusk.htm

McPeak, Merrill A. Air Force Heritage: the Tuskegee Example. Airman 37:2-5 October 1993.

Mills, William G. Maj. The Tuskegee Experience. Combat Edge 9:4-7 February 2001.
Also available online at: http://search.ebscohost.com/direct.asp?AN=4205950&db=f5h&

Moye, J. Todd. The Tuskegee Airmen Oral History Project and Oral History in the National Park Service. Journal of American History 89:580-588 September 2002.

Muradian, Vago. Fighting the Enemy and Racism. Air Force Times 56:6 September 11, 1995.
Overdue recognition of the Tuskegee Airmen.
Also available online at: http://search.ebscohost.com/direct.asp?AN=9509251304&db=f5h&

Margo Nash.  Bittersweet Memories Of a Fight for Change.  New York Times January 12, 2003.

Newcomb, Harold. The All-Black Air Force Airman 21:24-31 January 1977.

Paige, Paula A.  Preserving the Legacy.  Citizen Airman 54:4-6 December 2002.
Also available online at:  http://search.ebscohost.com/direct.asp?an=8790445&db=f5h 

Parrish, Noel Francis. Reflections on the Tuskegee Experiment. Interview. Aerospace Historian 24:173-180 September 1977.

Paszek, Lawrence J. Negroes and the Air Force, 1939-1949. Military Affairs 31:1-9 Spring 1967.

Paszek, Lawrence J. Separate, But Equal? The Story of the 99th Fighter Squadron. Aerospace Historian 24:135-145 September 1977.

Percy, William. Jim Crow, Uncle Sam, and the Formation of the Tuskegee Flying Units. Social Education 63:14-22 January-February 1999.

Peters, F. Whitten. Aviation Legacy: Forging Tomorrow's Opportunities: Remarks at Tuskegee Airmen and Organization of Black Airline Pilots Convention Luncheon, Las Vegas, NV, Aug 23 1999. Air Force Speeches August 23 1999.

President Clinton Elevates Famed Air Force Lt. Gen. Benjamin O. Davis, Jr. To The Grade Of Four-Star General. Jet 95:24-27 December 28, 1998-January 4, 1999.
Also available online at: http://search.ebscohost.com/direct.asp?AN=1384736&db=f5h&

Pride and Prejudice. Air Force Times 56:27 September 11, 1995.
Also available online at: http://search.ebscohost.com/direct.asp?AN=9509251384&db=f5h&

Remarks Honoring General Benjamin O. Davis, Jr., of the Tuskegee Airmen. Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents 34:2449-2453 December 14, 1998.
Also available online at: http://search.ebscohost.com/direct.asp?AN=1483286&db=f5h&

Rhodes, Philip F. In Defense of Dignity. Airman 35:28-29 December 1991.
About the 99th Pursuit Squadron and 332nd Group in WWII.

Riley, Eddie C. Tuskegee Airmen. Sergeants 31:10-11+ December 1992.
Based on an interview with retired LtCol. Woodrow Crockett.

Robert Williams, Former Tuskegee Airman, Succumbs. Jet 92:57 September 29, 1997.
Also available online at: http://search.ebscohost.com/direct.asp?AN=9710036046&db=f5h&

Rolf, Carter. Other Tuskegee Airmen Sergeants Part One 36:14-15 January-February 1997. Part Two 36:22-23 March 1997.

Rose, Robert A. Lonely Eagles. American Aviation Historical Society Journal 
Part One 20:118-127 Summer 1975. 
Part Two 20: 240-252 Winter 1975.

Saxon, Wolfgang. Broadus Butler, 75, Ex-Tuskegee Airman and College Leader. New York Times 145:12 January 13, 1996.

Saxon, Wolfgang. Roy E. LaGrone, 72, A Tuskegee Airman and Ex-Art Director. New York Times 143:B8 December 14, 1993.

Schlitz, William P. Blacks in U.S. Aviation - The Pioneers. Air Force Magazine  
Part One 66:68-72 January 1983. 
Part Two 66:74-79 February 1983.

Smith, Gene. Colonel Parrish's Orders. American Heritage 46:110-112 May-June 1995.
Also available online at: http://search.ebscohost.com/direct.asp?AN=9504277692&db=f5h&

South Carolina Honors Tuskegee Airman With a Monument. New York Times 146:D11 May 27, 1997.

Statue Honors Tuskegee Airmen. Air Force Times 48:43 March 28, 1988.

Still Flying High. Ebony 50:62-68 November 1994.
Also available online at: http://search.ebscohost.com/direct.asp?AN=9410282351&db=f5h&

Tuskegee Airmen. Military Review 74:81 May 1994.
Also available online at: http://search.ebscohost.com/direct.asp?AN=9605073267&db=f5h&

Tuskegee Airmen Absolved of 50-Year-Old Reprimands at Atlanta Dinner. Jet 88:58 October 16, 1995.

Tuskegee Airmen Chapter Honors Retired Reservist. Citizen Airman 53:28 June 2001.
Also available online at: http://search.ebscohost.com/direct.asp?AN=4777049&db=f5h&

Tuskegee Airmen Contributed Beyond War. Air Force Times 48:A39 September 7, 1987.

Tuskegee Airmen's Field Dedicated.  Flying, 129:46 November 2002.

Tuskegee Airmen Honored. Jet 92:15 September 1, 1997.
Also available online at: http://search.ebscohost.com/direct.asp?AN=9709140896&db=f5h&

Tuskegee Airmen's Legacy of Service for Youth Today: Remarks of Gen Ronald R. Fogleman, Atlanta, Aug 12 '95. Defense Issues 10:1-4 1995.

Tuskegee Airmen: Still Flying High. Ebony 50:62-64 November 1994.
Also available online at: http://search.ebscohost.com/direct.asp?AN=9410282351&db=f5h&

Tuskegee Airmen Touch Home Base. Air Force Times 61:2 November 20, 2000.
Also available online at: http://search.ebscohost.com/direct.asp?AN=3913391&db=f5h&

Werrell, Kenneth P. Mutiny at Army Air Force Station 569: Bamber Bridge, England, June 1943. Aerospace Historian 22:202-209 December 1975.

White, Mindy. Tuskegee Airman Charles P. Bailey Kept Watch Over His... Aviation History 8:66-68 January 1998.
Also available online at: http://search.ebscohost.com/direct.asp?AN=9712080819&db=f5h&

Williams, Rudi. The Legacy of the Red-Tailed Angels. Dispatch 47:18-19 May 28, 1993.
332nd Fighter Group (Tuskegee Airmen) in World War II.

Wolk, Herman S. Pantelleria, 1943. Air Force Magazine 85:64-69 June 2002.
Also available online at: http://www.afa.org/magazine/June2002/0602pantel.asp

Wolk, Herman S. When the Color Line Ended. Air Force Magazine 81:74-79 July 1998.
Also available online at: http://www.afa.org/magazine/July1998/0798integrate.html

Young, Rob. Moton Field: The Cradle of Black Aviation. Dispatch 47:13 February 5, 1993.

Videos

African-American Heroes of WWII: Tuskegee Fighter Pilots & Black War Time Radio. Los Angeles, CA, OnDeck Home Entertainment, 1995. 1 videocassette, 46 min.
Video call no.: 940.5403 A258

Air Force Now. Palm Springs, CA, Big Picture, Historical Film and Video. 1 videocassette, 30 min.
Visit with Gen. "Chappie" James as he remembers the Tuskegee Airmen of WWII.
Video call no.: 358.400973 A2981 no. 183

America's Black Warriors: Two Wars to Win. New York , A&E Television Networks, 1996. 1 videocassette, 50 min.
Video call no.: 355.008996073 A512

Black Aviators Flying Free. New York, N.Y., A&E Television Networks, 2001. 1 videocassette, 50 min.
Video call no.: 629.130923 B627

Davis, Benjamin O. Benjamin O. Davis, Jr., American: The Video. Washington, DC, Smithsonian Institution Press, 1991. 1 videocassette, 60 min.
Using archival film footage and photos, this video gives a brief survey of the life of General Benjamin O. Davis, Jr., the first Afro-American to graduate from West Point in the 20th century. It also shows General Davis' lecture at the Smithsonian Institution National Air and Space Museum on Feb. 5, 1991. The General recounts his days at West Point, his experiences at the Tuskegee Institute, his leadership of the all-black Tuskegee Airmen in aerial combat in World War II, and other highlights of his military career.
Video call no.: 92 D2614b

From These Beginnings: Wings for this Man. Palm Springs, CA, Big Picture, Historical Film and Video, 1993. 1 videocassette, 30 minutes.  
The story of the Tuskegee Airmen, featuring Charles A. "Chief" Anderson, Benjamin O. Davis, and "Chappie" James. Also includes a short film made during World War II.
Video call no.: 940.544973 F931

Nightfighters. Santa Monica, CA, Xenon Entertainment Group, 1996. 1 videocassette, 52 minutes.
The true story of the 332nd Fighter Group, the Tuskegee Airmen.
Video call no.: 940.5403 N688

A Tribute to Black Aviation. Maxwell AFB, AL, Air University Television (AUTV), 1997. 1 videocassette, 9 minutes.  
An overview of the achievements of the Tuskegee Airmen and African Americans in military aviation.
Video call no.: 940.544973 T822

The Tuskegee Airmen. New York, HBO Video, 1996. 1 videocassette, 106 min.
Video call no.: 791.45658 T964

Tuskegee Airmen: American Heroes!. Thousand Oaks, CA, Goldhil Video, 1998. 1 videocassette, 50 min.
Video call no.: 940.544973 T964

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