Articles - Special Sections en-us http://newpittsburghcourieronline.com/articlelive N/A http://newpittsburghcourieronline.com/articlelive webmaster@newpittsburghcourier.com 20 http://newpittsburghcourieronline.com/articlelive/articles/40068/1/Revolutionaries-revisited-The-Black-spirit-of-the-60s/Page1.html sbroadus@newpittsburghcourier.com (Courier Newsroom) Thu, 21 Feb 2008 00:00:00 -0500 http://newpittsburghcourieronline.com/articlelive/articles/40001/1/Black-History-FeatureThe-soaring-legacy-of-regions-airmen/Page1.html Pittsburgh is the birthplace of Black aviation history, and the legacy centerpiece is the record number of young Black men from the Greater Pittsburgh Region who became Tuskegee Airmen during World War II. sbroadus@newpittsburghcourier.com (Courier Newsroom) Thu, 14 Feb 2008 00:00:00 -0500 http://newpittsburghcourieronline.com/articlelive/articles/39953/1/CommentaryTuskegee-Airmen-freed-Europe-and-America/Page1.html Although African-Americans had fought on the side of the angels in every American conflict since before there was a United States of America, by WW II the U.S. military machine was still racially segregated. In the Jim Crow U.S. Army, life for Negro soldiers in service to the nation mirrored the realities of racism that informed civilian American life. sbroadus@newpittsburghcourier.com (Courier Newsroom) Thu, 14 Feb 2008 00:00:00 -0500 http://newpittsburghcourieronline.com/articlelive/articles/39952/1/The-Couriers-Double-V-for-a-double-victory-campaign-gets-country-wide-support/Page1.html Feb. 14, 1942—Last week, without any public announcement or fanfare, the editors of The Courier introduced its war slogan—a double “V” for a double victory to colored America. We did this advisedly because we wanted to test the response and popularity of such a slogan with our readers. The response has been overwhelming. Our office has been inundated with hundreds of telegrams and letters of congratulations, proving that without any explanation, this slogan represents the true battle cry of colored America. sbroadus@newpittsburghcourier.com (Courier Newsroom) Thu, 14 Feb 2008 00:00:00 -0500 http://newpittsburghcourieronline.com/articlelive/articles/39951/1/Dewey-endorses-Couriers-Double-V-campaign/Page1.html New York, Feb. 26—Hon. Thomas E. Dewey, widely hailed as the Republican choice for the gubernatorial nomination here in September, this week endorsed the Pittsburgh Courier’s editorial campaign for Double Victory—At Home and Abroad—and denounced “those who would limit the war effectiveness of millions of our people because of their race, creed or color.” sbroadus@newpittsburghcourier.com (Courier Newsroom) Thu, 14 Feb 2008 00:00:00 -0500 http://newpittsburghcourieronline.com/articlelive/articles/39950/1/Pitts-Tuskegee-tribute-was-a-gathering-of-heroes/Page1.html Every leap year brings an additional day of Black History Month (coincidently the shortest of the year). This year’s 29-day observance was more significant as it began with the University of Pittsburgh Inaugural K. Leroy Irvis Black History Month Program kickoff Feb. 1. The feature presentation of the evening was the world premiere screening of “Flyboys, Western Pennsylvania’s Tuskegee Airmen.” cjohnson@newpittsburghcourier.com (C. Denise Johnson) Thu, 14 Feb 2008 00:00:00 -0500 http://newpittsburghcourieronline.com/articlelive/articles/39949/1/99th-ready-to-fightStimson-Flyers-set-for-combat-orders/Page1.html Washington, D.C., Oct. 22, 1942 (Courier Archives)—The 99th Pursuit Squadron will soon be on the wing! The first of America’s Negro flyers will soon be releasing bullets of destruction from European skies, aimed at the determined forces of the Axis powers. sbroadus@newpittsburghcourier.com (Courier Newsroom) Thu, 14 Feb 2008 00:00:00 -0500 http://newpittsburghcourieronline.com/articlelive/articles/39948/1/Tuskegee-Airmen-facts/Page1.html •The Tuskegee Airmen were dedicated, determined young men who volunteered to become America’s first Black military airmen sbroadus@newpittsburghcourier.com (Courier Newsroom) Thu, 14 Feb 2008 00:00:00 -0500 http://newpittsburghcourieronline.com/articlelive/articles/39947/1/Army-pilots-prime-to-meet-enemy-in-combat/Page1.html Tuskegee, Ala., July 2, 1942 — At a dusty, booming airdrome in the Southeast Air Forces Training Center, the 99th Pursuit Squadron, world’s first Negro aerial fighting unit, is girding for its opening sky-joust with the enemy. sbroadus@newpittsburghcourier.com (Courier Newsroom) Thu, 14 Feb 2008 00:00:00 -0500 http://newpittsburghcourieronline.com/articlelive/articles/39946/1/A-day-on-the-flight-line/Page1.html Yes…the story has been told before, but it is always good news for any reader when it is retold. The “grease monkey,” the man of aviation who knows what the term “stay on the ball” really means. However, the term is very uncomplimentary for a group of TAAF’s efficiently-trained mechanics and technicians. The phrase “Man works from sun to sun” is a true statement of the men on the flight line. The airplane is a delicate mechanism and the men that play the role of “keeping ‘em aloft” are conditioned through rigid study to be forever alert to know the ship and each of its intricate parts from propeller to tail assembly. sbroadus@newpittsburghcourier.com (Courier Newsroom) Thu, 14 Feb 2008 00:00:00 -0500