I have several news alerts set up for various projects. Newspaper layoffs. Headlines that start with the word “man.” And the Tuskegee Airmen. Last year, I worked on a comprehensive project to document Tuskegee Airmen who had been awarded a Purple Heart. The number was woefully under-reported at eight; so far we’ve found more than [...]

Search for information on the Tuskegee Airmen, and you’ll see the all-black fighter group — the only one of its kind in World War II — was awarded eight Purple Hearts. The Purple Heart is awarded when a service member is wounded in combat. The 332nd Fighter Group, known today as part of the Tuskegee [...]