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Reagan urges new role models for Black youth at Tuskegee
President Reagan tells 1987 Tuskegee graduates that Black scientists engineers and doctors must join athletes and entertainers as national role models. He lauds George Washington Carver and Chappie James, notes a $9 million Education Department grant, and honors James's widow Dorothy Watkins James. Reagan also tapes a TV segment with Bob Hope at Pope AFB.
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Alabama
Air Force
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George Washington Carver
Hollywood
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Chappie James
Southeast Asia
Health and Science Center
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Fayetteville
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Bob Hope
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Brooke Shields
Phyllis Diller
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Don Johnson