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Tuskegee

Tuskegee

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A town in eastern Alabama with a historic university and a famous group of World War II African American pilots
  • proper noun
  • /tʌsˈkiːɡi/
: Tuskegee
  • Author Asks: Could the Tuskegee Study Happen Again?
  • Tuskegee Institute
  • Tuskegee University
  • Tuskegee Study

I am in my senior year of Tuskegee University.

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Examples

  • The renowned Tuskegee Institute has a rich history of educating African Americans.

  • One thousand students and local citizens packed the auditorium to hear the distinguished scientist from Tuskegee Institute, George Washington Carver.

    Academic text (2007)

  • I am in my senior year of Tuskegee University.

    The Drew Barrymore Show

  • And this must have happened... to at least half the guys at Tuskegee.

    Hart's War (2002)

  • I did two years at Howard before I even enrolled in the Tuskegee program.

    Red Tails (2012)

  • "My husband was a Tuskegee Airman."

    Origin (2023)

  • My uncle was a Tuskegee Airman, and a small book was written about him.

    Blog text (23)

  • The reason for this is the infamous Tuskegee experiments conducted by the U.S. government for 40 years (from 1932 to 1972).

    Academic text (2006)

  • Armstrong's teachings were to inspire the young Booker T. Washington, who founded the Tuskegee Institute on the principles he learned at Hampton.

    Academic text (2002)

  • I am in my senior year at Tuskegee University, where I study engineering.

Surface Forms

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Etymology

Tuskegee comes from a Native American word often given as Taskigi from the Muscogee Creek people and is said to mean 'warriors' or the name of a 'local group'. So the town's name remembers the people who lived there and helps you remember its local history.