During the month of February, the Nassau Community College Black History Month Committee will present a series of programs and events as a tribute to the black experience.
All programs are free, open to the public and accessible to the disabled.
From America s earliest military history, African Americans have been involved in all wars. Oftentimes they were not given full credit and recognition for services rendered, and in most cases they were isolated in all-African American units. Faced with the realities of World War II, the federal government reluctantly established the 66 th Air Force Flying School at the Tuskegee Institute. Over 966 African American military aviators were trained at the isolated complex near the town of Tuskegee, Alabama. Four hundred fifty African American fighter pilots eventually fought in the aerial war over North Africa, Sicily and Europe, completing 1,578 missions.