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you talk about freedom ? I'd like to

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enjoy some of that freedom . I'm about

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to lay my life on the line for The 40th

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National Tuskegee Airman Convention is

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an annual event honoring the great

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history and achievements of America's

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first black military airmen

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drop the word equal and what does the

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other words say , opportunity . That's

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all we want is the opportunity

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I never gave up . I never let somebody

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define me as a non pilot .

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No way Not only did this event marked

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the 70th anniversary of aviation

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excellence , but it was also meant to

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inspire future . We learned that

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everybody , everybody had to be in

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there like find pains , just that

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things have changed . The armed forces

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are the most integrated , most level

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playing field of any society in America .

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Listen carefully . I'm not telling you

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it's gonna be easy and there's two

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things that you have to have . One is

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discipline and other is performance .

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For 70 years . The Tuskegee airmen have

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rightfully been hailed as America's

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heroes . Their accomplishments in

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battle and in changing our nation for

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the better must never be

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forgotten .

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Hey , airman first class jayla , born

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at the 40th National tuskegee Airman

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Convention , Oxon Hill

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Maryland