Thursday, November 24, 2016

Tuskeegee Airmen, African Americans in World War II featured at history museum

There's an exhibit you ought to see on just now at the St. Petersburg Museum of History, where they have that airplane hanging from the ceiling to mark the beginning of commercial aviation history in our city. But the exhibit we're talking about isn't about aviation. It's about the struggle of African Americans (way before the civil rights in the 1950s and 1960s) to do their bit and fight in World War II. The exhibit is on loan from the National WWII Museum but it's only there until the beginning of March. So don't delay. It's titled Fighting for the Right to Fight, and it includes a short documentary video about the Tuskegee Airmen.

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