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Forgotten souls the search for the lost Tuskegee Airmen

"NPR investigative journalist and the daughter of a Tuskegee Airman, Cheryl W. Thompson explores the stories of the 27 Tuskegee Airmen - the Black pilots who fought for America in WWII - who went missing in combat, the lives they lived, the reasons their planes went down, why the remains of all but...

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Main Author: Thompson, Cheryl W. (Author)
Format: Books Print Book
Language:English
Published: New York, NY : Dafina, an imprint of Kensington Publishing, 2026.
Edition:First Kensington hardcover edition.
Subjects:
Air pilots, Military > United States > History.
Air pilots, Military > Alabama > Tuskegee > History.
African American air pilots > History.
Fighter pilots > United States > History.
World War, 1939-1945 > Missing in action.
World War, 1939-1945 > Participation, African American.
World War, 1939-1945 > Aerial operations, American.
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Summary:"NPR investigative journalist and the daughter of a Tuskegee Airman, Cheryl W. Thompson explores the stories of the 27 Tuskegee Airmen - the Black pilots who fought for America in WWII - who went missing in combat, the lives they lived, the reasons their planes went down, why the remains of all but two were never found, and the impact their disappearances had on their families and communities"--
Physical Description:xxvi, 211 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages 177-196) and index.
ISBN:9781496750778
1496750772
Author Notes:Cheryl W. Thompson is an award-winning investigative reporter for National Public Radio, an associate professor of journalism at George Washington University, and author of Forgotten Souls: The Search for the Lost Tuskegee Airmen. She is the recipient of more than 40 journalism awards, including an Emmy and 5 National Headliners, and served as reporting coach for the Pulitzer Prize-winning NPR podcast No Compromise. During more than 20 years as a reporter for The Washington Post, she was part of teams that won two Pulitzer Prizes for national reporting. She served as a Pulitzer Prize juror for the Investigative Reporting category in 2022 and chaired the jury in 2023. She is a member of the National Association of Black Journalists, Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc., and Investigative Reporters and Editors, where she was elected the first Black president in 2018 and served an unprecedented three terms. She is also a founding and current board member of the Center for Collaborative Investigative Journalism and a member of the advisory board for the Fund for Investigative Journalism. She is currently a member of the National Press Foundation Board and the Spotlight DC Board, and a two-time graduate of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. The daughter of a Tuskegee Airman, she is a Chicago native who lives outside Washington, DC, and can be found online at CherylWThompson.com.

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