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| Varying Form of Title: | History Makers video oral history with Roy Chappell
Roy Chappell
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| Other authors / contributors: | Chappell, Roy Martis, 1921- interviewee.
Crowe, Larry F., interviewer.
Stearns, Scott, director of photography.
HistoryMakers (Video oral history collection), production company.
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| Sound characteristics: | digital
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| Digital file characteristics: | video file
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| Notes: | Videographer, Scott Stearns.
Larry Crowe, interviewer.
Recorded Chicago, Illinois 2002 May 14.
Vendor-supplied metadata.
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| Summary: | Educator and Tuskegee airman Roy M. Chappell was born on September 16, 1921, in Williamsburg, Kentucky and grew up in Monroe, Michigan. He earned his B.S. degree in psychology at Kentucky State University. In 1942, he was drafted into the armed forces during World War Two and became a Tuskegee Airman. He served as a B-25 navigator for the 477th Bombardier Group. In 1945, Chappell was one of the black officers arrested for trying to integrate a segregated officers club in what would be known as the Freeman Field Mutiny. After the war, he became a teacher and guidance counselor in Chicago for thirty years. He retired in 1985. Chappell served as president of the Chicago "DODO" Chapter of the Tuskegee Airmen and as chairman of the Friends of Meigs Field. He coordinated the Chicago Experimental Aircraft Association Young Eagles Program. Chappell passed away on September 23, 2002 at age 81.
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