Historical Marker
Robert Thomas Scott
Historical marker location:
Scottsboro, Alabama
( Marker can be reached from E Laurel Street.)
Marker installed: 1989
1800-1863.
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.