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Volunteer Paige Hergenreter works on a float named All-Star Dreams in Pasadena, Calif., 28 Dec 2009, in preparation for the Rose Parade In California, preparations are underway for the annual Rose Parade, a colorful New Year's Day tradition. Voluntee
EXPLORATIONS - Tuskegee Airmen: The First African-Americans Trained as Fighter PilotsBy Vivian Bournazian Broadcast: Tue, 20 Jun 2006 16:00:00 UTC (MUSIC) VOICE ONE: Men of 99th Squadron in January 19
VOICE ONE: Im Steve Ember. VOICE TWO: And Im Barbara Klein with Explorations in VOA Special English. Today, we tell about the Tuskegee Airmen who served in World War Two. They were the first group of The first class of Tuskegee cadets African-Americ
In 1881, a 25-year-old former slave from Virginia used a $2,000 gift to open a one-room teacher-training school in one of the poorest rural counties in the southern state of Alabama. This man and his school, that began in a church basement, would bec
US Fighter Pilot Draws Inspiration From Tuskegee Airmen The exploits of the Tuskegee Airmen, an all black fighter squadron, went largely unnoticed during and after World War II. The information about the pilots in the news was a big secret as far as
By Vivian R. Bournazian Broadcast: November 5, 2003 (THEME) VOICE ONE: This is Steve Ember with the VOA Special English program, EXPLORATIONS. Today, Shirley Griffith and I tell about the Tuskegee air
1. The government will not shut down, at least for now. President Barack Obama says he will sign a stop-gap bill, cutting billions of dollars and keeping the government running for a couple of more weeks. 2. In Germany, the airport says two of its ai
1. German prosecutors say the attack on US airmen at Frankfurt Airport may have been the act of Islamic terrorism. Investigators say 21-year-old Arid Uka, an ethnic Albanian from Kosovo, opened fire on a bus full of troops. Two airmen were killed and