Dedicated, courageous, determined, fearless, patriotic, these are just a few of the words used to describe the Tuskegee Airmen over the years. The Tuskegee Airmen were a prestigious group of African-American men determined to go above and beyond their call to duty to change racism in the United States military. These heroic men were faced with racism and adversity at every corner; nevertheless, they stayed true to their cause and fought until the very end for a noble cause dear to their hearts. No one can come close to comparing to the Tuskegee Airmen, who altered the way the United States of America and its military forces would see African-Americans for years to come. Racism was an immense issue not only for African-Americans all across
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To join the Tuskegee Experiment, African-Americans had to go through rigorous screening and testing to prove they had the intelligence and skills required to start their training. After these men had proved themselves capable, they were then sent to the Tuskegee Institute in Alabama. The Tuskegee Institute had been built to train the African-Americans away from the whites (History Chanel). White enlisted men did not want to be put in situations with black officers, so these African-American men would also have to fill all the roles required to keep their air base running and their planes flying (Stentiford XV). Already, even after taking the exact same tests as the white men, the African-Americans were still being treated as inferiors and the racial stereotypes and tendencies would not stop there for these …show more content…
These audacious men had just undergone the same testing and training as the whites but were only shields! Little did they know that this ‘disadvantage’ would actually play in their favor. The Tuskegee Airmen developed a remarkable record of the least bombers lost to enemy aircrafts. With time, a myth even began to spread that the Tuskegee Airmen had never once lost a single bomber. After their conquest of Sicily, the 99th Fighter Squadron was even awarded the Distinguished Unit Citation (Stentiford
To join the Tuskegee Experiment, African-Americans had to go through rigorous screening and testing to prove they had the intelligence and skills required to start their training. After these men had proved themselves capable, they were then sent to the Tuskegee Institute in Alabama. The Tuskegee Institute had been built to train the African-Americans away from the whites (History Chanel). White enlisted men did not want to be put in situations with black officers, so these African-American men would also have to fill all the roles required to keep their air base running and their planes flying (Stentiford XV). Already, even after taking the exact same tests as the white men, the African-Americans were still being treated as inferiors and the racial stereotypes and tendencies would not stop there for these …show more content…
These audacious men had just undergone the same testing and training as the whites but were only shields! Little did they know that this ‘disadvantage’ would actually play in their favor. The Tuskegee Airmen developed a remarkable record of the least bombers lost to enemy aircrafts. With time, a myth even began to spread that the Tuskegee Airmen had never once lost a single bomber. After their conquest of Sicily, the 99th Fighter Squadron was even awarded the Distinguished Unit Citation (Stentiford