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Saluting U.S. veterans: A conversation with members of the Detroit Chapter of Tuskegee Airmen

Season 53 Episode 45

We commemorate Veterans Day by talking with three members of the Detroit Chapter of Tuskegee Airmen, Inc. Stephen Henderson sits down with Chapter President Tony Stevenson, Capt. Ashley Richardson and Norman Folson for an in-depth conversation about African Americans serving in the U.S. Armed Forces.  Then, we preview "The American Revolution,” a PBS docuseries by award-winning filmmaker Ken Burns

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