In the year before the the US entered World War II, the still-segregated United States military agreed to train Black pilots for the first time. Known as the Tuskegee Airmen, these men became symbols of courage to the nation, taking on Hitler in Europe, and Jim Crow back home.

We Dare Not Fail: The Story of the Tuskegee Airmen

An official selection of the New York Animation Film Awards for Animation Documentary, the Flicker Rhode Island Film Festival, Hollyshorts, and the Soho Film Festival.

Produced by Drake Creative Collaborative with the Pare Lorentz Center at the FDR
Presidential Library and Museum
Written, directed, and animated by Dean Temple
Illustrated by Julian Dwyer
Story Supervisor: Alisa Kwitney Consulting Historian: Daniel L. Haulman
Production Manager: Alex Tuller
Narrated by Tony Melson
Additional voiceover: Harold L. Kimble and Dean Temple
Inspired by the book “Freedom Flyers: The Tuskegee Airmen of World War II” by J. Todd Moye
Original Tuskegee Flyers Interviews: Cara DeVito
A project of the Pare Lorentz Center at the FDR Presidential Library, made possible with generous support from the New York Community Trust