Lloyd Newton served as the first black Air Force Thunderbird. Newton was a general in the Air Force, educator, and administrator. He was born on December 24, 1942, in Ridgeland, South Carolina, to tenant farmers. His parents worked the land with Newton right alongside them, which taught him to appreciate the value of hard labor. […]

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