Spudger@lemmy.sdf.org to World News@beehaw.orgEnglish · 1 year agoThis WWII battle wasn't against Nazis. It was between Black and white GIs in Englandwww.npr.orgexternal-linkmessage-square7fedilinkarrow-up16arrow-down10file-text
arrow-up16arrow-down1external-linkThis WWII battle wasn't against Nazis. It was between Black and white GIs in Englandwww.npr.orgSpudger@lemmy.sdf.org to World News@beehaw.orgEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square7fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareScrumblesPAbernathy@readit.buzzlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 year agoEven that Atlantic ocean couldn’t stop Jim Crow. Fascinating story, hope it can still be taught in history classes in the coming years.
minus-squareSpudger@lemmy.sdf.orgOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 year agoIs the Tuskegee Airmen story well known in the US? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tuskegee_airmen
minus-squarealyaza [they/she]@beehaw.orgMlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·1 year agoat the level of “people have heard of them”, probably reasonably well. beyond that though, kind of dubious.
Even that Atlantic ocean couldn’t stop Jim Crow. Fascinating story, hope it can still be taught in history classes in the coming years.
Is the Tuskegee Airmen story well known in the US?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tuskegee_airmen
at the level of “people have heard of them”, probably reasonably well. beyond that though, kind of dubious.
Thank you.