This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
Black Wings Exhibit Traces Use of Black Fliers in WWII
Smithsonian exhibit on Black aviation chronicles Eugen Bullard to Black astronauts, highlighting the 332nd Fighter Group and the desegregation path. Lt. Gen. Benjamin O. Davis Jr. recalls early entry barriers, and veterans describe separate but equal dynamics, higher mission loads, and mutual respect with white crews.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Truman
Air Force
Benjamin O. Davis Jr
Vietnam
Navy
Davis
Smithsonian Institution
National Air and Space Museum
West Point
Air Corps
Franklin Roosevelt
War Department
Smithsonian
Eugene Bullard
France
Bullard
America
United States
von Hardesty
Clarence D
Lucky” Lester
Davis’ Group
332Nd
Lester
Messerschmitt
Po Valley
Italy
Charles Bolden