Tuskegee Airmen trading card for Roscoe Brown

Panini Americana, Inc. · 2012

This is a Panini Americana Trading Card for Tuskegee Airmen, Roscoe C. Brown, Jr., Card No. 106 (copyright 2012). The front shows Roscoe Brown carrying an ammunition belt on his shoulder. He is wearing an airman jacket and a cap. He is looking down. Another airman who is cut out of the picture, showing just a hand and shoulder, is holding out another belt. The Panini symbols are shown below. On the back is a brief statement and the Panini symbol. The statement reads "Roscoe Brown Tuskegee Airmen / Younger Americans may have been intrigued by the 2012 film Red Tails, which depicted the Tuskegee Airmen African-American fighter pilots in World War II. Brown lived the movie. He commanded the 100th Fighter Squadron of the 332nd Fighter Group and was only the third pilot to shoot down a German jet.". Roscoe C. Brown, Jr., was born in Washington, D.C. on March 9, 1922. Brown was the youngest of two children. His father worked as a public health specialist and his mother worked as a teacher. After graduating from Springfield College, he joined the Air Force, where he served as a Tuskegee Airmen. During World War II, he served as a squadron commander and received the Distinguished Flying Cross. In 1946, Brown attended New York University, where he earned his MA in 1949 and Ph.D. in 1951. Before earning his master’s degree, he worked as a social investigator with the New York City Department of Welfare and as an instructor in physical education at West Virginia State College. While working on his doctorate in 1950, Brown became the director of the Institute of Afro-American Affairs and a professor of education at New York University. He remained in this position for the next twenty-seven years. In 1977, Brown was named president of Bronx Community College, a part of the City University of New York (CUNY). As of 2012, Brown serves as director of the Center for Urban Education Policy at the Graduate School and University Center of CUNY. Brown is active with a number of organizations and has given more than thirty years of service to the Boys & Girls Clubs of America. He is also active with the Jackie Robinson Foundation and Libraries for the Future, among many others. Brown is also a founding member of the American College of Sports Medicine. Also active in the media, Brown currently hosts a television program called “African American Legends,” and he won the 1973 Emmy Award for Distinguished Program with his weekly series “Black Arts.” He has published numerous articles, contributed to several books, and received numerous awards, including the New York City Treasure Centennial Honor from the Museum of the City of New York and the Humanitarian Award from the Boys & Girls Clubs of America. Brown has also completed nine New York City marathons.