Emma Knox Kenan Library

Historical marker location:

312 South Commerce Street, Geneva, Alabama

( Marker is on South Commerce Street (Alabama Route 27) north of East Church Avenue, on the right when traveling south.)

Founded 1904

The city of Tuskegee, Alabama is the birthplace of the Tuskegee Airmen, the first African American military pilots. During World War II, the Tuskegee Airmen were trained at the Tuskegee Institute and went on to fly over 1,500 missions in the war.