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• National Park Service Web site on the Tuskegee Airmen
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Sources

• "Tuskegee Airmen." Encyclopaedia Britannica. 2009. Encyclopaedia Britannica Online.
• Geselbracht, Raymond H. "The civil rights legacy of Harry S. Truman." Truman State University, 2007. (April 23, 2009) http://books.google.com/books?id=rQbwPWTu4QMC
• Harris, Robert L., Jr., Rosalyn Terborg-Penn. "The Columbia guide to African-American History Since 1939." Columbia University Press, 2008. (April 23, 2009) http://books.google.com/books?id=Y6yuwT54mA0C
• MSN Encarta. "African-American History: XIX World War II." MSN Encarta. (April 23, 2009) http://encarta.msn.com/encyclopedia_761595158_8/african_american_history.html
• National Museum of the US Air Force. "Tuskegee Airmen." National Museum of the US Air Force. (April 23, 2009) http://www.nationalmuseum.af.mil/factsheets/factsheet.asp?id=1356
• National Park Service. "Legends of Tuskegee." National Park Service. (April 28, 2009) http://www.nps.gov/history/museum/exhibits/tuskegee/
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• Truman Library. "Executive Order 9981." Truman Library. (April 28, 2009) http://www.trumanlibrary.org/9981a.htm