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Dallas Schools Excluding Girls From Movie Screening 'Not Out Of The Ordinary'

AP | By NOMAAN MERCHANT | Posted 02.10.2012

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DALLAS -- When 5,700 fifth-grade boys in Dallas' public schools recently went to see a movie about black fighter pilots in World War II, the girls sta...

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Courage Has No Color

Wendell Pierce | Posted 04.11.2012

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I don't need Hollywood to remind me of African-Americans' achievements in WWII. I have my father. For his valor and bravery my father earned the World War II Victory Medal, among other commendations. But when he returned home he never received his medal or an official "thank you."

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Celebrating the Spirit of the Red Tails With My Fellow Service Members

Ravi Chaudhary | Posted 04.03.2012

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At the conclusion of the screening of Red Tails, we came to our feet with thunderous applause. But we did not face the screen. We turned and faced the real Red Tails standing among us, a fitting tribute to the icons that shaped every American Airman serving today.

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The Tuskegee Airmen Are for Everyone

Trey Ellis | Posted 04.01.2012

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With George Lucas's admirable media blitz for Red Tails I'm asked a lot these days my thoughts on this new telling of their awe-inspiring true story. ...

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The Real 'Red Tails': Life Lessons from A Tuskegee Airman

Karl A. Pillemer, Ph.D. | Posted 03.27.2012

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Hiram Mann, 90, had to fight to find the work he loved, overcoming tremendous odds. The struggle and the rewards of his 90 years were encapsulated in his first words in our interview: "I was one of the original legendary Tuskegee Airmen."

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Tuskegee Airmen Take To The Skies!

The Huffington Post | Kathleen Massara | Posted 01.25.2012

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Stan Stokes is man with a mission: to do justice to the legacy of the Tuskegee Airmen through his paintings. For over forty years, the California-base...

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5 Ways Red Tails Can Inspire Deeper Conversations With African-American Youth

Christopher Emdin | Posted 03.25.2012

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Red Tails, with its success at the box office, majority African-American cast and white main funder, invites a powerful conversation that all Americans should be engaged in.

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Red Tails Takes a Nose Dive

Carole Mallory | Posted 03.24.2012

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Racism in the Army during WWII. Who thinks about this? Who talks about this? Yet segregation was thriving in war torn skies over Europe. Tuskegee Ai...

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PHOTOS: Meet The Real 'Red Tails'

HuffingtonPost.com | Anna Almendrala | Posted 01.30.2012

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LOS ANGELES -- This week's most noteworthy film screening didn't take place in Hollywood or Beverly Hills. Instead of starlets gliding past photograph...

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A True Red Tails Tale: The Story of a Living Tuskegee Airman

Erin Harper | Posted 03.21.2012

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My Great Uncle Joe was one of the first Tuskegee Airmen. This major piece of family and American history was something I often took for granted. I decided that it was my responsibility to learn much more before seeing Red Tails.

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Movie Review: Red Tails

Marshall Fine | Posted 03.21.2012

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Despite what no doubt were state-of-the-art visual effects thanks to the involvement of LucasFilm, Red Tails is further proof that visual tricks and flashily edited action sequences aren't enough to make a movie interesting.

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The Hollywood Tale of Red Tails

Hermene Hartman | Posted 03.20.2012

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Movie producer, George Lucas, has taken a giant step, in bringing the story of the Tuskegee Airman to the big screen. In World War II, there were Bla...

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Tyler Perry: All Black Cast On The Verge Of Becoming Extinct

Posted 01.19.2012

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Known as one of the most successful black filmmakers in Hollywood, Tyler Perry foresees a major shift in films starring an all African American cast. ...

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Tuskegee Airmen Film Being Screened At White House

AP | By SUZANNE GAMBOA | Posted 01.13.2012

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WASHINGTON -- Star Wars creator George Lucas may have had a tough time getting Hollywood interested in a movie about the Tuskegee Airmen, but he has t...

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George Lucas vs. Hollywood Racism: Who Will Prevail?

Christian Piatt | Posted 03.13.2012

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Lucas himself noted that this was perhaps the first major "all black action film" ever made. He pointed out that few with African Americans playing all major roles ever made it to wide distribution, save for the frugally produced work of Tyler Perry.

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Tuskegee Airmen Exhibit Lands At Georgia Air Force Base

AP | Posted 11.28.2011

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WARNER ROBINS, Ga. -- The Tuskegee Airmen exhibit has a new and upgraded home in a museum at a central Georgia Air Force base. The new location inclu...

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FINALLY! 'Star Wars' Creator Bringing Long Awaited Film To Theaters

Posted 09.28.2011

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A long time ago, in a galaxy far, far away, George Lucas conceived of a film about brave fighter pilots. No, not "Star Wars," but the true-life tale o...

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Don't Ask, Don't Tell Needs to Come Out of the Closet

Scott Janssen | Posted 05.25.2011

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The United States should be honored to have any individual willing to put their life on the line, whether they're gay or straight.

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Memorializing Second-Class Soldiers

Chris Weigant | Posted 05.25.2011

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Memorial Day is the time to memorialize all the brave individuals who served our country throughout its history, and sometimes paid the ultimate price...

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Lee Archer, Former Tuskegee Airman And Congressional Gold Medal Recipient, Dies At 90

AP | VIRGINIA BYRNE | Posted 05.25.2011

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NEW YORK — Retired Air Force Lt. Colonel Lee A. Archer, a Tuskegee Airman considered to be the only black ace pilot who also broke racial barrie...

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"Black Royalty"?

Michael Henry Adams | Posted 05.25.2011

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The demise in succession of three African American figures of colossal stature on the eve of the new decade caused me to wonder anew about this designation, "black royalty."

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Tuskegee Airmen Invited To Obama Inauguration

NY Times | KATHARINE Q. SEELYE | Posted 05.25.2011

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When the Tuskegee Airmen, the all-black force of elite pilots, emerged from combat in World War II, they faced as much discrimination as they had befo...

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George Lucas Preps Tuskegee Airmen Film

Posted 05.25.2011

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