Howell Thomas Heflin

Historical marker location:

445 Dexter Avenue, Montgomery, Alabama

( Marker can be reached from the intersection of Dexter Avenue and North Decatur Street, on the right when traveling west.)

Twenty-Forth Chief Justice. 1971-1977.

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.