What was the Tuskegee Airman famous for?
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The first black american military pilots were trained in Tuskegee, Alabama (hence the name) during WWII. They had to fight against prejudice as well as the enemy and were successfull on both counts.
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Is seen by many blacks, particularly Rastafarian's as a deity.  He was one of the first black rulers of Africa in the 20th century.  He is seen as taking back his country from European domination (Italy).  A brave and educated man who truly loved his country and people.  He fought side by side with them to obtain his country's freedom and was recognized as royalty by European and African powers of the day (1920's - to his death in the 1960's or 70's).
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Harriet Tubman (born 1820 or 1822 in Dorchester County, Maryland, died March 10, 1913 in Auburn, New York), also known as Black Moses, Grandma Moses, or Moses of Her People, was an African-American freedom fighter. An escaped slave, she worked as a lumberjack, laundress, nurse, and cook. As an abolitionist, she acted as intelligence gatherer, refugee organizer, raid leader, nurse, and fundraiser, all as part of the struggle for liberation from slavery and racism.\n\nFearing sale into the Deep South, Tubman took her emancipation into her own hands. Sometime in the fall of 1849 she escaped northward, leaving behind her free husband who did not want to follow. On her way she was assisted by sympathetic Quakers and other members of the Abolitionist movement, both black and white, who were instrumental in maintaining the Underground Railroad. She was called "Moses" by those she helped escape on the Underground Railroad. She made many trips to Maryland to help other slaves escape. According to her own estimates and those of her close associates, Tubman personally guided around 70 slaves to freedom in about 13 expeditions. She was never captured and, in her own words, "never lost a passenger."
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he was very peaceful however he advocated a separation between whites and blacks. he urged blacks to start their own organizations and reject regular, white based culture to make their own unique one. He was a freedom rider as well.
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i know that he was a black man that did alot of good for his black people and gave all the rest of us a holiday!!!
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There were 992 pilots trained @ Tuskegee, Ala. They came from all over the United States and suprisingly very few came from Alabama
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http://www.google.com/url?q=http://scholar.google.com/scholar%3Fq%3Dfirst+Black+men+to+be+known+as+The+Generals+President+in+the+USA%26hl%3Den%26lr%3D%26oi%3Dscholart&sa=X&oi=scholar&ct=title
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Doesn't matter...He'll always be a legend!!  I saw "8 Men Out".  That movie and others ("Field of Dreams") keep him legendary.  Hall of Fame or not...He'll never be forgotten.
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Alvin J. Boutte '51 The founder and CEO of Indecorp, the largest Black-owned financial institution in the U.S. Also serves as chair and CEO of the Independence Bank and the Drexel National Bank in Chicago, Ill. \n\nGeneral Bernard Randolph (retired, USAF) '54 Only the third African-American to reach the rank of four-star general in any branch of the U.S. Armed Forces, serving as head of the USAF Space and Defense Systems Command. Now an executive with the defense contractor TRW Corporation.\n\nDr. Charles Champion '55 A community pharmacist in Memphis, Tenn., and a specialist in the use of herbal medicines. Named as one of America's 50 most influential pharmacists by American Druggist magazine.\n\nAnnabelle Bernard '56 The first Black to perform as a principle player with the Deutsche Oper in Berlin, Germany. Thirty-four years later she is still performing in Europe, and has been awarded the highly coveted title of Kammersaengerin by the German government. A soprano, she has performed on five continents. \n\nGeorge McKenna III '61 Currently serving as superintendent of the Inglewood Unified School District in Los Angeles, Calif. While serving as principal at Washington High in Los Angeles, he turned a "bad" urban school in a educational model of excellence, the basis for the TV movie "The George McKenna Story," starring Denzel Washington.\n\nDr. Marie McDemmond '68 First female president at Norfolk State University (enrollment 8,400). A 25-year veteran in higher education, she previously served as vice president for finance and chief operating officer at Florida Atlantic University. \n\nDr. Louis Castenell '68 Dean of the University of Cincinnati's College of Education. Has been heralded in such national publications as The New York Times and The Washington Post for his innovative teacher education programs. \n\nAlexis Herman '69 First African American U.S. Secretary of Labor; former director of the White House office of Public Liaison. \n\nJudge Ivan L.R. Lemelle '71 Currently serving his second consecutive, eight-year term as U.S. Magistrate Judge, U.S. District Court in New Orleans.\n\nDr. Regina Benjamin '79 Private physician in Bayou La Batre, Ala. Winner of the 1997 Nelson Mandela Award for Health and Human Rights. First African American woman named to the American Medical Association's Board of Trustees. \n\nSherrie Brown Littlejohn '79 Vice President and chief information officer for SBC Messaging in Ramon, Calif., a telecommunications subsidiary of voice mail service provider SBC Communications.\n\nRosalind Miller '88 Director of the J.B. Henderson Family Investment Center in New Iberia, La., which provides services for residents of the area's three low-income housing developments.\n\nPatrice Jean '93 Graduate student at Princeton University, where she was honored as an "Unsung Heroine" for her demonstrated commitment to social justice and academic excellence. Also presented Graduate Student Teaching Award for effectiveness in teaching molecular biology.
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You're all wrong.  The question says, "Who IS known as...."  So the answer can't be The Beatles (or Rutles, or Monkees or Duran Duran) because then the question would say, "Who ARE known as..."  The question forces your answer to be singular not plural.  So the closest answer is:\nThe guy in the white tux and tails in the Blondie Rapture video (Fab Four Freddie)\n\nSo come on basketballman, give me the 10 points because my answer is much better and more creative than the ones you got from the flock of sheep posters above me!
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do u have a history book? look in it. I am sure you will find some stuff. also, online check a search engine for afro-american historical events.
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http://www.famoustexans.com/georgewbush.htm
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the black moses because she led so many people to freedom risking her own life on the underground railroad. just confirming what the other said and givin some backround info
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he was from alabama.\n\ngoogle him
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Ida B Wells was a crusader to stop lynchings and bring civil rights.\n\nCarl Rowan was a black journalist and worked hard at getting blacks to go to college.
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Grandma Moses is who you are referring to. She was a famous American folk artist.
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The horse he rode on his famous ride belonged to Deacon Larkin I believe it was named Brown Beauty. He did own another horse but I can't remember the name. It was an american quarter horse. Perhaps Molly Bea. Fuzzy history.