PHOTO EXHIBIT OF WORLD WAR II TUSKEGEE AIRMEN SPONSORED BY BLACK AIR FOUNDATION

PHOTO EXHIBIT OF WORLD WAR II TUSKEGEE AIRMEN SPONSORED BY BLACK AIR FOUNDATION

"Black Aviation Historical Expo"

At THE SPOT ON THAYER

To benefit the Lambert-Lima Flying Squadron Cadet program's mission to introduce inner-city youth to Aviation, Filmmaking, Radio and Television production.

The exhibit will take place on Friday, 1 May from 7 p.m.- 9 p.m. in the main gallery of the Spot on Thayer, 286 Thayer Street, Second Floor, Providence, RI (near Brown University). Opening remarks will be made by Tuskegee Airman George S. Lima, President and Founder of the Black Air Foundation. This exhibit features photographs by pilot and photographic officer, Lt. George S. Lima, U.S. Army Air Corps, WWII

During World War II civil rights groups and black professional organizations pressed the government to provide training for black pilots on an equal basis with whites. Their efforts were partially successful. African American fighter pilots were trained as a part of the Army Air Force, but only at a segregated base located in Tuskegee, Alabama. Hundreds of airmen were trained and many saw action.

The exhibition is produced by Black Air Foundation, in cooperation with The Spot on Thayer.


For more information on the exhibition, call Marlene Britto at (401) 451-8626 or visit the web site at www.blackairfoundation.org. For inquiries, send an e-mail to blackairfoundation@cox.net or call (401) 383-7308.

Your $10 donation helps support the cadet program. Public is Invited!