James Lee Dickey: An Analysis of One African-American's Leadership in Jim Crow TexasMain MenuJames Lee Dickey: An Analysis of One African American's Leadership in Jim Crow TexasIntroductionSlave No MoreFreedman after Bondage 1865 - 1955African American LeadershipContenders for the TitleJames Lee DickeyThe Leadership of James Lee DickeyLocations in Dr. James Lee Dickey's StoryGoogle locations for Dr. Dickey's BiographyMaureen Grayab288c53aefb942d3e6102c32f4d6e3a10268d3b
Red Tails
12018-04-08T03:54:51-07:00Maureen Grayab288c53aefb942d3e6102c32f4d6e3a10268d3b197011Tuskegee Airmenplain2018-04-08T03:54:51-07:00Maureen Grayab288c53aefb942d3e6102c32f4d6e3a10268d3bCharles A. Anderson, a self-taught African American pilot had established a civilian pilot training program at the Institute in 1939. Since there were no black officers, eleven white officers were assigned to train and prepare a total of 429 enlisted men and 47 officers who would become the Tuskegee Airmen, the first black military aviators in the United States. They served valiantly with 1578 combat missions and 179 bomber escort missions in the course of the war. In addition, Dorie Miller, a black sailor, was the first soldier of WWII to receive the Naval Cross for his rescue of the U.S.S. Arizona’s captain and his return to fire anti-aircraft guns against the Japanese at Pearl Harbor.
12018-04-08T03:27:30-07:00The Tuskegee Red-Tail Angels1When Black leaders demanded equality and World War II demanded more skilled soldiers, the Tuskegee Airmen, or "Red-Tail Angels," became the first African American pilots to train for combat....plain2018-04-08T03:27:30-07:00YouTube2012-01-04T19:45:28.000ZqMPLpExgkGgSmithsonian Channel
