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Legends of Tuskegee: American Visionaries
URL: http://www.nps.gov/history/museum/exhibits/tuskegee/

Description:
This site highlights the achievements of individuals associated with the Tuskegee Institute, founded by Booker T. Washington as the Tuskegee Normal School for Colored Teachers in the 1880s. Features biographical material, photos, and bibliographies for educator Booker T. Washington, educator and scientist George Washington Carver, and the Tuskegee Airmen, the World War II "Army Air Corps program to train African Americans to fly and maintain combat aircraft." From the National Park Service (NPS).

LII Topics: Biographies & Famous People, Black Resources

Publisher:
National Park Service (NPS)

Extra Keywords
black Booker Taliafero Washington

LII Database Information:
Record 25327 created by Maria Brandt on 01/24/2008
Last modification on 01/28/2008
Published: 01/31/2008  
Funding agency: California State Library
LII Item ID: http://lii.org/cs/lii/view/item/25327

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