If anyone is interested the History channel is showing their new documentary, Stories from the Road to Freedom, right now. By the same people who did Third Reich, it features home videos, newsreels and real archival interviews from indviduals.
February 16, 2013, 10:54pm / 10
Tuskegee Airman Herbert Carter dead at 95
Retired Lt. Col. Herbert Carter, one of the original Tuskegee Airmen, died Thursday at East Alabama Medical Center in Opelika. He was 95 years old.
Montgomery Advertiser reports that Carter was one of only four from the original group of 33 fighter pilots still alive. He was also one of the most vocal about the legacy of the African-American World War II pilots. They’ve been credited for their instrumental part in not only breaking down racial walls in the military, but helping to win the war. Their mission was to protect bombers as they tried to attack enemy troops.
Carter continued to serve in the Air Force after the war before retiring as a lieutenant colonel in 1969. He then became the associate dean for student services at Tuskegeee University and served in several other positions during his time there.
November 09, 2012, 11:52pm / 25
I hope this all goes without saying, but in case anyone has forgotten/lives under a rock/on Pluto: Tomorrow is 6 November 2012 which, in the United States of America, means it’s election day. As I myself am an American this is a big deal.
If you’re an eligible American you better cast a ballot.
Don’t know your polling place? This website will help you out.
I give you this picture to prove that every vote counts.
To sound like a PSA: Democracy, it only works if you take part in it.
November 05, 2012, 8:35pm / 45
The Redeemer Presbyterian Church in Charleston, South Carolina is in imminent danger of being turned into a residence. Built in 1838, the City’s Preservation plan says that the Church is “of irreplaceable importance, to be preserved … at all costs.”
Normally, Charleston as a city is wonderful at historic preservation, but this time, they simply can’t help. That’s why the congregation is trying to raise the $1.9 million dollars needed to buy their church. They’re teasingly close to their goal, but need help from any place they can find it before tomorrow, 31 October.
More information and a place to donate (at the bottom of the page) can be found at the Charleston Preservation Society.
Signal boost!
October 30, 2012, 9:01pm / 10
Tuskegee airman George Hickman dies at 88
George Hickman, a Tuskegee airman decorated as among the first black pilots to fly for the U.S. military during World War II, died over the weekend.
The grandson of slaves, Hickman grew up in St. Louis, and joined the segregated pilot training program in Tuskegee, Ala. in 1943, serving until 1945, according to his Army profile.
“There was nothing better in the world. In that biplane, the guy wires between the wings were like musical instruments,” he told The News Tribune of Tacoma, Wash., in 2011.
August 20, 2012, 6:28pm / 28
