Political Quotes

“one of the great pioneers of aviation passed away on Saturday, April 13, at the age of 89 at his home in Tuskegee, AL. Charles Alfred Anderson, who as a young boy dreamed of soaring through the skies as a pilot, leaves a legacy of breaking down racial barriers in the field of aviation. He did this by training a famed unit of black fighter pilots during World War II, known since as the Tuskegee Airmen. Among the members of Chief Anderson's unit were Coleman Young, who later became the mayor of Detroit; Gen. Daniel ``Chappie'' James, the Nation's first four-star black general; and William Coleman, Transportation Secretary under former President Ford. The inspirational story of the 332d Fighter Group was told in a 1995 movie, ``The Tuskegee Airmen.'' In 1939, a decade after obtaining his own flying license, Charles Anderson began a civilian pilot training program at Alabama's Tuskegee Institute, now Tuskegee University. In 1940, First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt visited the campus and decided to take a plane ride.”