The Divided Skies
Establishing Segregated Flight Training at Tuskegee, Alabama, 1934-1942
University of Alabama Press
In the Persian Gulf War, Americans of all races fought in integrated units under the leadership of the first African-American to serve as chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. Indeed, the United States armed forces of the 1990s are arguably the most integrated institution in American society. But it was not always so.
Robert J. Jakeman is Assistant Professor of History at Auburn University.
