WASHINGTON, D.C. (WALA) – U.S. Representative Shomari Figures of Alabama has issued a statement calling for the U.S. Air Force to reinstate a Tuskegee Airmen history video recently removed from the military instruction curriculum.
Here is his statement:
“The Air Force removing the Tuskegee Airmen from training videos is pathetic, disgraceful, and disrespectful, not only to the brave fighter pilots who saved the U.S. in World War II, but to the City of Tuskegee and the entire State of Alabama. It is a slap in the face of the heroic Black men who risked and gave their lives on the front lines in defense of a country that still made them sit in the back of the bus when they returned home…