Winning Essays Explain How Tuskegee Airmen's Ideals Of Leadership, Excellence, Advocacy And Determination Are Essential To Success
Fantasy of Flight recently announced the winners of its third annual "They Dared to Fly" essay contest honoring the nation's first African American military aviators, the Tuskegee Airmen. Students in grades 6-12 were invited to participate in the essay contest by sharing their views about how the airmen's values of leadership, excellence, advocacy and determination earned them a place in the history books and/or how these values could be applied in students' own lives.