Arkansas museum honors Tuskegee Airmen [Video]

FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. — President Donald Trump has put out many executive orders since his term began. One of them involves the removal of diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) programs within the federal government. This executive order would have removed videos and curriculum of the Tuskegee Airmen in the United States Air Force training. But, it was “immediately reversed” by Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth last week.

“During the time that Tuskegee Airmen were founded originally, they weren’t allowed to fly missions,” Najja K. Baptist, director of African American studies at the University of Arkansas, said. “Black folks were only allowed in the Army in a very servant-type way, which means cooking food, peeling potatoes, secondary work.”

Baptist said the loss of soldiers prompted the United States to tap Black Americans to …