WQEDs Worldwide Online Premiere of Fly Boys: Western Pennsylvanias Tuskegee Airmen Celebrates African-American Pilots in World War II

U.S. Newswire, January, 2008

To: RADIO-TELEVISION EDITORS

Contact: Rosemary Martinelli, 1-412-622-6433, rmartine@wqed.org, or George Hazimanolis, 1-412-622-1366, ghaziman@wqed.org, both of WQED

Program also premieres on WQED-TV in Pittsburgh

PITTSBURGH, Jan. 28 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- They lived in a country where racial prejudice and discrimination ruled, where they were judged by the color of their skin, and where opportunities were limited for them. In spite of it all, they wanted to show their patriotism to their country by fighting the enemy during World War II.

The story of their struggle and ultimate triumph is told in Fly Boys: Western Pennsylvanias Tuskegee Airmen,a new documentary from WQED. While the program premieres on WQED-TV on Thursday, February 7 at 8pm EST, it...

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