From NKAA, Notable Kentucky African Americans Database (main entry)
Tuskegee Airmen Memorial Trail
On Friday, July 16, 2010 the length of Interstate 75 in Kentucky (a 191-mile roadway) was dedicated to honor the Tuskegee Airmen (officially the United States Army Air Corps' 332nd Fighter Group). This designation extends the original 23-mile stretch that was designated in their honor in 2007 in Fayette County, KY; Kentucky was the first state to so honor the African American World War II pilots, 11 of whom were from Kentucky.For more information, see Lexington Herald-Leader, July 17, 2010, pp. A3 & A5.