The Norfolk Historical Society at 7 p.m. Wednesday will host an exploration into the legacy of the late Howard Baugh, a member of the Tuskegee Airmen in World War II.
The Petersburg native was part of the first group of African American aviators and ground crew to serve with the then-U.S. Army Air Forces. His son Howard Baugh will give the presentation.
The segregated norms of the U.S. at the time banned African Americans from becoming pilots. But in 1941, a Howard University student sued the war department for admission into the training program, according to a 2022 PBS.org article…