Tuskegee University president Benjamin F. Payton instituted an Aerospace Engineering program in 1983, the only such program at an historically black college. The university also offers a Bachelor's of Science degree in physics.
Tuskegee Institute Physics Class
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Courtesy of the Alabama Department of Archives and History
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