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Kenneth Rapier, president of the Chicago chapter of Tuskegee Airmen Inc., said Oscar Lawton Wilkerson was the last surviving Tuskegee Airman in the Chicago area and the second vice president of the Chicago chapter.
The Tuskegee Airmen helped pave the way for desegregation in the military, and one of their last surviving members has passed away, with Markham resident Oscar.