Hopefully, everyone gets a chance to see the new film “Red Tails”, which tells the true story of African American World War II pilots – the Tuskegee Airmen. It opens on Friday January 20, 2012. But, just in case you don’t do movies, but are still fascinated by black “flight”, the Smithsonian has both an online and a traveling exhibit called “Black Wings”. 
“The historic flight of the Wright brothers in 1903 sparked a universal enthusiasm for flying. But as in most areas of life, formidable obstacles and discrimination faced black Americans who had dreams of flying… Black Wings tells the story of how one group of Americans overcame enormous obstacles to break into aviation.”
(Images: Aviatrix, Bessie Coleman in 1923, poster for “Red Tails”)
