VIDEO: Tuskegee Airmen honored in Chicago

CHICAGO (WLS) -- At Oak Hill Cemetery on the Southwest Side, a special Memorial Day tribute was held for the first black military pilots in the U.S.

Taps played as a wreath was placed at the Veterans Memorial.

This marks the 75th anniversary of the Tuskegee Airmen and the 40th anniversary of the Chicago chapter.

The Tuskegee Airmen fought in World War II during a time when black Americans in many U.S. states were still subject to Jim Crow laws.