A. G. Gaston Building

Historical marker location:

1527 5th Ave N, Birmingham, Alabama

( Marker is on 5th Avenue North east of 15th Street North, on the right when traveling east.)

Destination. Birmingham Civil Rights Heritage Trail.

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.