Gunshots at Tuskegee University’s 100th homecoming caught on video
The gunshots, which occurred near the campus of Tuskegee University in Alabama, were captured on video and posted to social media Sunday morning. A video posted on X shows people ducking behind cars as gunshots are heard in the background. “Oh my god,” said one person. “Get off, get off,” said another. A Tuskegee University […]
Peter Buxtun, whistleblower who exposed Tuskegee syphilis study, dies aged 86 | US news
Peter Buxton, the whistleblower whose work known as the Tuskegee Study exposed how the US government denied hundreds of black men in rural Alabama treatment for syphilis, has died. He was 86 years old. Buxton died of Alzheimer’s disease on May 18 in Rocklin, California, according to his lawyer, Minna Farnan. Buxton is revered as […]
Surviving Tuskegee Airman Turns 100 on Independence Day
One of the few surviving Tuskegee Airmen and one of four original Top Guns, he celebrated his 100th birthday on Independence Day surrounded by friends, family and television cameras. Retired Air Force Lt. Col. Harry T. Stewart Jr. celebrated his 100th birthday Thursday with a party hosted by the Detroit chapter of the Tuskegee Airmen […]