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'Equal' Pays Tribute To Tuskegee Airmen
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Atlanta Inquirer
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February 2, 2002
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Atlanta Inquirer
02-02-2002
In honor of Black History month Equal sweetener is paying tribute to the
Tuskegee Airmen, African-American fighter pilots who confronted segregation
in American society while combating the German Luftwaffe during World War
II, by sponsoring an oral histories program that preserves for posterity
their memories at the American Airpower Museum in New York.
Equal sweetener has been a sustaining sponsor of efforts to honor the
Tuskegee Airmen. Last year they contributed to the creation of a permanent
exhibit at the American Airpower Museum outside of Manhattan where a full
scale replica of a Mustang P-51 fighter was dedicated in honor of the World
War II heroes. Joined by ...
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