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The Aquarium of the Pacific’s annual festival celebrating African and African American culture returns for a free, virtual event this Saturday. The five-hour stream, beginning at 10 a.m., will feature music, storytelling, historical displays and live dance performances. For the full list and schedule of activities and entertainment, click here.
Following the festival will be an awards ceremony at 3:30 p.m. for the 2021 recipients of the African American Scholarship Program.
TAKE FLIGHT: CELEBRATING OUR TUSKEGEE AIRMEN HEROES (Saturday)
Maj. James A. Ellison returns the salute of Mac Ross of Dayton, Ohio, as he passes down the line during review of the first class of Tuskegee cadets; flight line at U.S. Army Air Corps basic and advanced flying school, Tuskegee, Alabama, 1941. Partial three-quarter left front view from low angle of Vultee BT-13 trainer at left. Photo source: Wikipedia.
Carrying on the Red Tails legacy this nonprofit is helping put more Black pilots in the cockpit
Red Tails Scholarship Foundation provides middle, high school students with funding, mentorship
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Torius Moore, 23, was one of the first recipients of the Red Tails Scholarship in 2016. Now he is an instructor with Red Tails and hopes to be test pilot and one day, an astronaut. (Image: Red Tail Scholarship Foundation) (WKMG 2021)
Continuing the legacy and values of the Tuskegee Airmen, the Red Tail Scholarship Foundation is working to increase the number of Black pilots and aviation mechanics who make up only a fraction of professionals in the aerospace industry.