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NPR investigative journalist and the daugh ter of a Tuskegee Airman\, Cheryl W. Thompson explores th e stories of the 27 Tuskegee Airmen &ndash\; the Black pilots who fought f or America in WWII &ndash\; who went missing in combat\, the lives they li ved\, the reasons their planes went down\, why the remains of all but two& nbsp\;were never found\, and the impact their disappearances had on their families and communities.

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Thank you to The \;DC Library Foundation \;for their generous pur chase of 50 copies of the book to provide to attendees in need.

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Register to attend and learn more about the book and the author below.

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In 1945\, World War II ended one of the deadliest conflicts in history. Geared for battle were nearly 1\,000 trai lblazing Black pilots trained at the Tuskegee Army Air Field\, an unrepent antly segregated facility in Alabama. Hailing from the Iowa cornfields to the Texas Gulf Coast to the tobacco plantations of North Carolina\, the Tu skegee Airmen already proved\, under the toughest circumstances\, to be am ong the most resilient and defiantly patriotic men of the Army Air Corps.< /p>\n

27 of them disappeared during the final critical missions in Europ e. So\, too\, would the government&rsquo\;s efforts to find them or help t o bring closure to the loved ones that the valiant 332nd Fighter Group lef t behind.

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In \;Forgotten Souls\, \;award-winning investigative journalist Cheryl W. Thompson delves into t he true stories of the Black combat pilots who faced \;unimaginable ra cism&mdash\;before\, during and after the war&mdash\;from a military that told them they were less than\, even as their courage and aviation prowess saved scores of White brothers-in-arms from the enemy and possibly death.

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As cruel as war itself could be\, the friends\, family\, communit ies and fellow Tuskegee Airmen who mourned the lost pilots never imagined how unforgivable it could get. After 80 years\, \;Forgotten Souls  \;honors the impact they made\, and the sacrifices they endured on America &rsquo\;s behalf.

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About the Auth or

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Cheryl W. Thompson is an award-winning investigati ve correspondent for
National Public Radio\, an associate professor o f journalism at George
Washington University\, and author of Forg otten Souls: The Search for the
Lost Tuskegee Airmen. S he is the recipient of more than 40 journalism
awards\, including an Emmy\, 5 National Headliners\, and 3 from IRE -
Investigative Reporte rs and Editors. Thompson served as reporting coach
for the Pulitzer P rize-winning NPR podcast No Compromise. During more
than 20 years as a reporter for The Washington Post\, she was part of tea ms
that won two Pulitzer Prizes for national reporting. She served as a Pulitzer
Prize juror for the Investigative Reporting category in 2 022 and chaired the jury in 2023.
Thompson is a member of the Nationa l Association of Black Journalists\, Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority\, Inc.\,and Investigative Reporters and Editors\, where she was elected the fi rst Black president in 2018 and
served an unprecedented three terms. She is also a founding and current board member of the Center for
Col laborative Investigative Journalism and a member of the advisory board for the Fund for Investigative
Journalism. She is currently a member of the National Press Foundation Board and the Spotlight DC Board\,
and a two-time graduate of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
The daughter of a Tuskegee Airman\, Thompson is a Chicago native who liv es outside Washington\, DC\, and
can be found online at CherylWThomps on.com.

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