Lt. Col. Lee Archer, a member of the U. S. Army Air Forces fighter group of African Americans known as the Tuskegee Airmen, died last Wednesday at the age of 90. Archer flew 169 combat missions, and was considered the sole black American “ace” of World War II, having shot down five enemy aircraft. Archer [...]
Monday, April 6, 2009
The planners of National Train Day– May 9th– are searching for surviving Pullman porters, who will be honored at a celebration in Philadelphia. By the late 1920s, 20,000 African American men served luxury train travelers as porters. Porters influenced the civil rights movement by forming the first black labor union. The men in effect birthed the black [...]
Tuesday, February 2, 2010
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