Last week we were honored with the opportunity to get a visit from one of the original Tuskegee Airmen. Our visitors' name was Lt. Broadwater. He told us how hard it was to be an African American in the airforce. They were ridiculed and belittled, overall what they went through was unfair. I can't imagine what it would be like to be looked down on everyday of your life and told that you were no good, and not worthy of respect. From what he told us it must have been really tough.
Lt. Broadwater told us that he was the youngest of the men. He must have had to really step it up to make sure that becasue he was the youngest he was noticed. Lt. Broadwater also taught us important life lessons. One of those were that even if someone tries to keep you down and make you feel like you are nothing keep perservering and don't let them get to you. This life lesson was very important in the lives of the Tuskegee Airmen. This is so because the Caucasian men did this to them(tried to keep them down). I learned some very valuable lessons from the Tukegee Airmen and especially Lt. Broadwater.
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