Black White People: a puzzle.

By necessity Negro men had to assert strength, elegance and poise to vie for the attention respect demands from whites, who did not value Black lives. It was white people's struggle to place equal value upon Black lives that played a role in Negroes' emphasis upon doing better, doing better than the dumbest white man, excelling despite and because of the odds.

A lot of maxims came out of the eras in association with white folks, Mr. Charlie, Ofay, Jim Crow. Established into the code of survival where did the notion of engineering distain for ourselves become the standard for a people who call themselves African Americans?

African American.

That is a helluva an indictment when you think about it. Black Americans have a deeply held contempt of Africa and their connections to the people and the continent. - Gregory E. Woods, Keeper of Stories 9/13/16

Negro man distinguished in his suit. circa early 1900's.

Colored man and wife in Cotton Plant, Arkansas.

Then on the other hand there were the Tuskegee Airmen.

COMBAT Missions

Total Missions - 12th Air Force 1,267 ...
Total Missions - 15th Air Force 311
Total Sorties - 12th Air Force 6,381
Total Sorties - 15th Air Force 9,152
Grand Total Missions 1,578
Grand Total Sorties 15,533
Total Number of Pilots Sent Overseas 450
Total Number of Pilots Graduating From Tuskegee 994
Total Pilots Killed In Action 66
Prisoners of War 32

COMBAT RECORD

Destroyed Damaged Total
Aircraft (aerial) 111 25 136
Aircraft (ground) 150 123 273
Barges and Boats 16 24 40
Boxcars, Other Rolling Stock 58 561 619
Buildings and Factories 0 23 23
Gun Emplacements 3 0 3
Destroyers 1 0 1
Horse Drawn Vehicles 15 100 115
Motor Transports 6 81 87
Power Transformers 3 2 5
Locomotives 57 69 126
Radar Installations 1 8 9
Tanks on Flat Cars 0 7 7
Oil and Ammunition Dumps 2 0 2

AWARDS

Legion of Merit 1
Silver Star 1
Soldier Medal 2
Purple Heart 8
Distinguished Flying Cross 95
Bronze Star 14
Air Medal and Clusters 744

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Tuskegee Airmen, the flying officers.