TO RISE ABOVE: A Journey of a Tuskegee Airman

To Rise Above is a five-movement jazz narrative highlighting experiences from Harold Brown's 2017 biographical memoir, Keep Your Airspeed Up: The Story of a Tuskegee Airman, written by both Brown and Marsha Bordner. Michael Shirtz writes this musical dramatization on Brown's childhood dream of flying, overcoming the despair of racial segregation, his passion for education both as a military aviator trainer and a leader in higher education, and the lessons for all people found in the six principles of the Tuskegee Airmen - Aim High, Believe in Yourself, Use Your Brain, Be Ready To Go, Never Quit, and Expect To Win.

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