So how did we get to be called the Chicago “DODO” Chapter of the Tuskegee Airmen? The word “DODO” was originally an ironic sobriquet the airmen used in the 1950s…
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The Chicago “DODO” Chapter of the Tuskegee Airmen was proud to be a part of the 2022 Memorial Day Parade in Chicago. The event took place on Saturday, May 28,…
Please join the Chicago “DODO” Chapter of the Tuskegee Airman for Aviation’s Salute to Pioneer Colorful Women SATURDAY JUNE 11, 2022 at BEAUTIFUL BULT FIELD 28261 S Kedzie Avenue MONEE,…
Did you know that during World War II, 600,000 African American women worked in war production, military and government service? During World War II Black women performed critical factory jobs…
Tuskegee Airman, Podiatrist & Entrepreneur Joseph Elliott Chineworth Sr, was born in 1923 in Rock Island, Illinois to parents – Victoria and Alexander Chineworth. He had one brother Alexander and…
Capt. Julian H. Johnson was honored by the Chicago White Sox on 8-24-13 as the team’s “Hero of the Game”. This game was significant as it was also the annual…
The Chanute Prize for Team Innovation was officially presented to the Chicago “DODO” Chapter of Tuskegee Airmen, thumb Inc., cheapest for the group’s EAA Young Eagle flight program by representatives of the Society of Innovators…
(8/8/15) The Chicago Chapter of Tuskegee Airmen was very happy to participate in the 86th Annual Bud Billiken Parade as an Honorary Grand Marshall. Taking part in events such as this are in…
WEST POINT, N.Y. — May 10, 2015, By MICHAEL HILL Associated Press Benjamin O. Davis Jr. entered West Point in 1932 as its only black cadet and spent the next…
As we gathered under a tent at Chicago’s Lincoln Cemetery to pay tribute to legendary pilots Bessie Coleman, Willa B. Brown and Janet Harmon, the blue sky was slightly overcast…
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