Tuskegee Airmen

What is Segregation?

• A WW2 AIrplane

• A policy to keep black and white children together

• To separate people based on the color of their skin

True or False: Tuskegee Airmen were black soldiers who don't fly fighter planes

• True

• False

Before the Tuskegee Airmen, could black soldiers fly a fighter plane?

• Yes, they were soldiers

• No, they were viewd as less than white people and were not allowed to be taught.

What state was Tuskegee in?

• Pennsylvania

• Ohio

• Washington DC

• Alabama

Answer explanation

The Tuskegee Airmen got their name from the place where they learned how to fly, Tuskegee AL.

In Tuskegee they trained everyone, white and black.

• Yes, segregation was over.

• No, it was only black soldiers learning to fly.

Did the Tuskegee Airment see "Action"? Did they fight?

• No, they were made just to make people happy.

• Yes, in 1943.

What was their first main missions?

• Bombing cities

• Fighting other planes in "Dog Fights"

• Escorting bomber planes

• Flying important people to their next destination, like the president

What was the newspaper that talked about the Tuskegee AIrmen?

• The Herald

• Times Magazine

• Stars and Stripes

Did the American people celebrate the Tuskegee airmen as war heroes?

• Yes! They did a great job and were awarded like they earned.

• No, America was still segregated.

Did the US military keep themselves segregated for long after the Tuskegee Airmen?

• Yes, until 1954.

• Yes, not until 2001.

• No, their brave efforts had the US military decide to desegregate in 1948.