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1 online resource (streaming video file) (48 min. 4 sec.) ; 288836155 bytes |
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They were young, gifted, and black but the US Army refused them key positions. Until intense pressure from African-American activist groups pushed President Roosevelt to initiate a Blacks-only fighter pilot training program in Tuskegee, Alabama. What began as a revolutionary experiment gave birth to a potent fighting force that would help take Nazi Germany out of the skies and, in the process, change the course of American history. (From the US) (Documentary) PG CC |
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Broadcast 2014-10-26 at 17:30:00 |
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Classification: PG |
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United States. Army Air Forces.
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African American air pilots.
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Fighter pilots -- Training of.
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World War (1939-1945)
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Military participation -- African American.
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Mustang (Fighter plane)
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Alabama -- Tuskegee.
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Streaming video
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Naworynski, PJ, director
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Bowers, Don, cast
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Bob, Hans-Ekkehard, contributor
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Brown, Roscoe, contributor
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Davis, Benjamin O., contributor
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Hardy, George, contributor
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Holland, James, contributor
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Jefferson, Alex, contributor
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McGee, Charles, contributor
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Morrow, John, contributor
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Moye, Todd, contributor
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Vardeman, Burt, contributor
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