Don Elder, a member of the famed Tuskegee Airmen, speaks to guests at the annual Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., luncheon Jan. 14 at the Sheppard Club. Mr. Elder said the Tuskegee Airmen's pursuit of serving their country as aviators and aircraft mechanics was a precursor to Dr. King's civil rights movement in the decades to come. (U.S. Air Force photo by Sandy Wassenmiller)