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Bush Signs Bill Awarding Tuskegee Airmen

by David Pluviose , May 4, 2006

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Tuskegee Airmen Lt. Col. Herbert Carter, left, Lee Archer, center, and Charles McGee pose for a portrait at Maxwell Air Force Base in Montgomery, Ala., on Oct. 12, 2005.

“I think that they are some [Congress members] who genuinely believe that we are entitled to it. And then there are others that say, ‘If everybody else is going along, I’d better go along.’ And if the secretary of defense wants it, he must have gotten the go-ahead from somebody in the party, because they’re not going to give Negroes anything.” Terry says.

The Congressional Gold Medal is the highest civilian award conferred by Congress. It was first presented to George Washington in 1776 and most recently presented to Rosa Parks and Nelson Mandela. The Tuskegee Airmen are the largest group ever to receive a collective award.



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