Historical Marker
Jere Locke Beasley
Historical marker location:
Clayton, Alabama
( Marker is on North Midway Street, on the right when traveling south.)
Acting Governor of Alabama June 5 – July 7, 1972.
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.