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Written by My Cat is British on 2025-01-27 at 15:49

I’ve always loved the special art of colorization of old historical photos. I especially love this one. This is the Tuskegee Airmen…they were the first African American pilots and pioneers who blazed a trail through the war-torn skies over Europe. They are part of our history that cannot be rewritten, forgotten or erased by anyone…

[#]HistoricPhotos #TuskegeeAirmen #Colorization #BlackHistory #HistoryCannotBeChanged #FightFascism #Photo #Trump

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Written by Lazarou Monkey Terror 🚀💙🌈 on 2025-01-27 at 15:52

@NyakoKitty Imagine being so afraid of this history that decades later you try to erase it in front of everyone.

Disgusting white cowards. Shameful.

[#]TuskegeeAirmen #Whiteness

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Written by My Cat is British on 2025-01-27 at 15:56

@Lazarou

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Written by _maleficentgirl on 2025-01-27 at 16:51

@NyakoKitty

yes but also two things stand out too me:

the red of the airplane-nose is way to intense against the rest of the still very muted colored photo

and why did they use THE comic-vomit-color for those jackets.

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Written by My Cat is British on 2025-01-27 at 17:06

@_maleficentgirl

Haven’t a clue, but mine was not to critique the photo, but merely enjoy the content and its meaning…

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Written by Justin Pletzfeld on 2025-01-27 at 18:10

@_maleficentgirl @NyakoKitty I think the colorist got carried away a bit. LOL Here are a few more realistic pictures for that topic.

https://www.lynchburgmuseum.org/blog/2020/8/1/edgar-doswell-jr-lynchburgs-tuskegee-airman

https://cafriseabove.org/artifact/477th-b-25/

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Written by My Cat is British on 2025-01-27 at 18:12

@jpletzfeld

But that’s what I loved about it. At any rate, it’s the meaning of the photo for me…

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Written by Justin Pletzfeld on 2025-01-27 at 18:13

@NyakoKitty I won't take away those disco jackets from you 😉

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Written by My Cat is British on 2025-01-27 at 18:50

@jpletzfeld

As you well know, art can be interpreted in many ways, my cup of tea may not necessarily be yours…

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