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ERIC Number: EJ590448
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 1999
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ISSN: ISSN-0037-7724
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Jim Crow, Uncle Sam, and the Formation of the Tuskegee Flying Units.
Percy, William
Social Education, v63 n1 p14-21 Jan-Feb 1999
Delivers background information on the political origins and confrontations surrounding the "Tuskegee Experiment." States that the success of the Tuskegee pilots, in their role as strategic escort for the Fifteenth Air Force, paved the way for the overall desegregation of U.S. armed forces. Provides teaching ideas along with two historical documents. (CMK)
Descriptors: Armed Forces, Blacks, Cartoons, Learning Activities, Military Organizations, Primary Sources, Racial Discrimination, Racial Integration, Racial Relations, Racial Segregation, Secondary Education, Social Studies, World War II
Publication Type: Guides - Classroom - Teacher; Journal Articles
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Language: English
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