Reflections by Sammy Way: Sumter commemorates Black History Month by honoring the Tuskegee Airmen

By SAMMY WAY
Sumter Item archivist and historian
Posted 2/17/24

Reflections remembers those Black Americans who played a role in local and national history to help establish what became known as Black History Month. In April 1941, according to Col. R.E. O'Neill, commanding officer of his post, "Qualified Black …

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