America’s Black Eagles — Part 4. Red Tails and Black Aces
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With the "Tuskegee Experiment" a proven success and used as a basis to demonstrate that Blacks could perform well in combat and leadership roles, President Harry Truman, in 1948, signed the executive order to integrate the military. This video looks at that time and event.
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