Tuskegee
Nationwide — The U.S. Air Force has removed lessons on the Tuskegee Airmen and Women Airforce Service Pilots (WASPs) from its training programs following President Donald Trump’s order to end diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) initiatives within the U.S. government. The decision, confirmed by the Air Force, eliminates references to the Tuskegee Airmen — Black […]
Lesson plans about the Tuskegee Airmen, groundbreaking Black pilots known for their service during World War II, and the Women Airforce Service Pilots, or WASPs, the female World War II pilots who were vital in ferrying warplanes for the military, have been removed from the U.S. Air Force curriculum, a . . .
Background”>Background The U.S. Public Health Service (USPHS) Untreated Syphilis Study at Tuskegee was a study conducted between 1932 and 1972. The study was supposed to observe the natural history of untreated syphilis. As part of the study, researchers did not collect informed consent from participants. They also did not offer treatment, even after it was […]
Peter Buxtun, the whistleblower who revealed that the U.S. government allowed hundreds of Black men in rural Alabama to go untreated for syphilis in what became known as the Tuskegee study, has died. He was 86. Photo via Getty Images. NEW YORK (AP) — Peter Buxtun, the whistleblower who revealed that the U.S. government allowed […]
On April 11, Gov. Ron DeSantis signed Florida’s 22nd state holiday into law: Tuskegee Airmen Commemoration Day. State Senator Victor Torres (D-Kissimmee) proposed SB 1312 in the Senate and Rep. Bruce Haley Antone, D . . .
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