Tuskegee Airmen

Charles McGee, a Tuskegee Airman who flew 409 fighter combat missions over three wars, has died.

A lingering mistrust of the medical system among many Black people is rooted in the infamous 20th century U.S. study of syphilis that left Black men in Tuskegee, Ala., to suffer from the disease.

Willie Rogers, the oldest surviving member of the original Tuskegee Airmen, died in St. Petersburg on Saturday. He was 101.The Tampa Bay Times reports as…