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The Tuskegee Airmen Research Project and
Seminar
by John
Adelmann |
Overview
In August of 1997, students at Central Alternative High
School in Dubuque, Iowa, had never even heard of the
Tuskegee Airmen. Six months later, they had published
a book on the Airmen, organized a public seminar, and
raised funds for an aircraft restoration to honor these
famous Americans
What follows is an account of how an academically oriented
service project accomplished far more than all but a
few ever would have thought possible.
What follows is a chronicle of how a class of at-risk
high school students and a group of aging veterans of
World War II came together in the spring of 1998 to
celebrate their accomplishments and made some history
of their own.
What follows is a true story of how an audacious dream
became an unprecedented and thrilling reality.
Part 1 Getting
Started
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Overview
Overview
Part 1
Getting Started
Part 2
Making Historical Connections
Part 3
The Airmen Respond
Part 4
The Community Responds
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