The correct option is (D). They showed that African Americans could fight as well as white troops.
Further Explanation:
The ‘Tuskegee Airmen’ were the first “African American soldiers” who successfully complete their ‘training’ and enter the ‘Army Air Corps’ (Army Air Forces). There were almost a thousand aviators that were produced as the United States’ African American ‘military pilots’. In addition to which, there were more than ten thousand civilian and military women and men served in various support roles.
The success of “The Tuskegee Airmen” proved to the “American public” that “African American” when given the chance or opportunity can be effective pilots and military leaders. It reflects the struggle of “African Americans” to achieve “equal rights”, not only through “legal attacks” on the ‘system’ of separation but also through “techniques of nonviolent direct action” aimed at separation in the military.
Learn More:
1. Though the outcomes of the Schenck and New York Times differed, what did these decisions have in common? The government has a heavy burden to prove harm. The government can limit speech that causes harm. The government has unlimited power to limit speech. The government must follow the first amendment.
2. Why were taxes an ongoing source of conflict for the American colonists?
Answer Details:
Grade: High School
Chapter: The Tuskegee Airmen
Subject: History
Keywords: The Tuskegee Airmen, Army Air Corps, aviators, military pilots, legal attacks, equal rights
