he worked his way through booker t. washington high school and went on to study at lincoln pennsylvania university. when lincoln began a program to train civilian pilots buchanan was not far back in the line of students who went to sign up. it was so exciting because there was something new every day. i don't care who you were there was always something you didn't know about flying and the whole world. he dropped out of college before his junior year to earn money. a friend in atlanta and let him know about tuskegee airfield. the military base under construction at day's driveway in tuskegee, alabama. they instituted training civilian pilots, a primary flight training base that operated under contract for the army air corps. now the war department was building from scratch on the outskirts of town. the idea of building an air base in treat him. he found a job at taft and are carpenter's apprentice and as soon as he got to tuskegee he learned about training black instructor pilots. he used the skills he learned in civilian pilot tr

only two names were in the encyclopedia, and that was booker t. washington and george washington carver, but she lectured about the contribution of frederick douglass, w.e.b. dubois, and how jackie robinson dubois, and how jackie robinson had broken the baseball barrier.

only two names were in the encyclopedia, and that was booker t. washington and george washington carver, but she lectured about the contribution of frederick douglass, w.e.b. dubois, and how jackie robinson had broken the baseball barrier. and we remembered the opera singer who was not allowed to sing in the hall and had to sing in lincoln center. all the discrimination and the local in justices. like, everything was separate and unequal. the school was inadequate. we could not go to the hospitals. they built a house adjacent to the main hospital. the white people were not supposed to be in the same room with an n-person. you know the n-word? i said to myself at the end of the day that i love my country and i'm glad that that day, i took a stand. i saw through the supreme court that the flaws that america had tried to correct them by removing those horrible signs -- "white" and "colored." i said when i testified at the trial, i went through how we were treated, and the lady dramatize it, so i do not have to go through that, but it is the whole system of sepa

he invited george washington carver in the white house for dinner. booker t., that's what was, booker t. washington to the white house. vicious trash for that, reviled for doing that. at the same time when he ran in the bull moose party he tried to keep vioxx -- he tried to limit their vote because it wouldn't have done well for him. so it is a very mixed bag. i don't think what was well you can say he was or that. he seemed to be whatever he was at the moment. anything else? >> one more thing could. did he ever at the ranch or the presidency your average of the error callback -- [inaudible] >> yes, he did. in fact, close the book after the prologue with this. he did go back. when he was running as vice president indicated no five. he went back, he visited the folks he did there. he picked people to come up on the stage with him and at one point in the journey he was crossing the dakotas and went on the back of the train where there is just this place and he wanted to be seated alone. he had porter closed the door that anyone out there to see him. he sat alon

he invited george washington carver -- booker t. washington to the white house, that's who it was, and he was just trownsed for that. he was just reviled for doing that, and yet, at the same time, when he ran on the blue moose party, he tried to keep blacks -- he tried to limit their vote because it wouldn't have been well for him, you know, so it's a very mixed bag. i don't think with roosevelt you can say, well, he was this or that. he seemed to be whatever he was at the moment. anything else? >> one more. >> uh-huh. >> if i could -- >> sure. >> did he ever in when he ran for presidency on his own or later, did he ever go back -- [inaudible] >> yes, yes, he did. in fact, i close the book up to the prologe with this -- prologue with this. he went back and running as vice president, he went out there, and then again in 05 and went back, visited the folks he knew there, picked people out of the crowd to come up on the stage with him, and at one point in the journey, he was crossing the dakotas and went on the back of the train, and there was ju

he invited george washington carver to the white house for dinner, booker t.. bigger to washington to the white house and he was just revealed for that and yet the same time when he ran on the boneless party he tried to keep blacks from -- he tried to limit their vote because it wouldn't have been well for him so it is a mixed bag a and i don't think with roosevelt you can say he was this or that. whatever he was at the moment. anything else? >> did he ever [inaudible] >> yes she did and i closed the book -- he did go back running as vice president he went back and again in 05 and visited the folks and picked people out of the crowd to come to the stage and at one point in the journey he was crossing the dakotas and went on the back of the train where there was a place and he wanted to be seated alone and he had the border to close to not let anyone out. sat alone with his memories and i felt that is a great image but even up to six months before he died he was out in montana and he saw one of the folks he knew from the average and a figure was about november of