Tuskegee Institute News

Back in 1927, when he was 4 years old, William Holloman was swept up in the excitement of Charles Lindbergh's cross-Atlantic flight and all the attention it brought him.

Col. Elmer D. Jones is a Tuskegee Airman, one of the pioneer black members of the U.S. Army Air Corps during World War II.

LIONEL RICHIE WROTE SOME OF THE MOST POPULAR SONGS OF THE '70S AND '80S, from "You Are the Sun" to "Hello," and from "Say You Say Me" to "Dancing on the Ceiling." This Saturday night, he will be the guest of honor for the "Evening of Stars" tribute at the Pasadena Civic Auditorium.

Great writers and their literary adventures. This week, Booker T Washington takes a journey into his past Booker T Washington was born a slave on a small farm in Virginia in 1856.

October 8 through the 12, the Society of Architectural Historians is offering a four day study tour of civil rights movement memorials in Alabama and Georgia.

The National Park Service is looking for volunteers to help out at Tuskegee Institute, Tuskegee Airman and Selma to Montgomery National Historic Sites.

The National Park Service is looking for volunteers to help out at Tuskegee Institute, Tuskegee Airman and Selma to Montgomery National Historic Sites.

Montgomery's Gwen Patton has been a civil rights activist most of her life and still gets a kick out of honors that she insists she's never sought.

One of Rockland's most enduring success stories hits a significant milestone Sunday when the Rockland Negro Scholarship Fund hits the $1 million mark in awards since the organization was founded in 1965.

Tuskegee University's president continues a tradition at the nation's capital. Benjamin Payton will deliver the main address at the re-dedication of the Lincoln Memorial Saturday.

Tuskegee University President Benjamin F. Payton, shown in this 2006 photo greeting students, will retire next year after heading the Alabama university for 28 years.

Myra Adele Logan was the first African American woman doctor to perform surgery on a human heart.

TUSKEGEE -- George Washington Carver has been gone for 66 years, but his legend lives on and another large crowd is expected in downtown Tuskegee on Saturday to honor him.

TUSKEGEE, Ala. - The scene reminds you of watching a proud father with his newborn baby - gleaming from ear to ear with pride and joy.

On April 24, past will meet present as the wing welcomes several original Tuskegee Airmen.

Over 50 years ago a quote from the National Negro News prompted people of color as follows: "It is a time for remembering the health of the race and how essential it is to our racial progress.