Historical Marker
South View
Historical marker location:
1701 Valley View Dr, Birmingham, Alabama
( Marker can be reached from Valley View Drive west of Richard Arrington Jr Boulevard South.)
Suburban neighborhoods south of Birmingham.
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.