WILL-AM

WILL AM 580 Live Stream

Full Schedule
a collage consisting of a portrait of an African-American woman with brown hair and wearing a light blue blazer; and the cover of the book
Portrait: Marvin Joseph via NPR

The 21st Show

Investigative reporter Cheryl Whitlow Thompson on growing up in Illinois, journalism today, and the lost Tuskegee Airmen

Born and raised in Chicago, Cheryl Whitlow Thompson’s career in journalism goes back more than four decades — from her days as a student at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, to hard-hitting investigative work at the Washington Post and NPR.

Thompson is also the daughter of one of the Tuskegee Airmen, William E. Whitlow Jr. Her forthcoming book, Forgotten Souls: The Search for the Lost Tuskegee Airmen, tells the stories of Tuskegee pilots who were killed in action.

Listen