11 Apr 1941
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- US First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt, ignoring the protests from her security detail, took a flight at the Tuskegee Institute in Alabama, United States as a passenger to African American pilot C. Alfred Anderson, Sr. This flight was later named "The Flight That Changed History" for it exhibited Roosevelt's confidence in the abilities of black pilots. ww2dbase [Eleanor Roosevelt | C. Alfred Anderson | Tuskegee, Alabama | CPC]

30 Jun 1943
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- Charles McGee graduated from the Tuskegee Institute in Alabama, United States. ww2dbase [Charles McGee | Tuskegee, Alabama | CPC]
12 Mar 1944
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United States
- Roscoe Brown, Jr. graduated from the Tuskegee Flight School at the Tuskegee Institute in Alabama, United States. ww2dbase [Roscoe Brown | Tuskegee, Alabama | CPC]
13 Apr 1996
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- C. Alfred Anderson, Sr. passed away from cancer in Tuskegee, Alabama, United States. ww2dbase [C. Alfred Anderson | Tuskegee, Alabama | CPC]
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