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'Red Tails' Fought Racism And World War II Foes

George Lucas is out with a new action adventure movie about the real heroics of the African-American fighter pilots known as the Tuskegee Airmen. They were charged with escorting bomber planes to their targets during World War II. Red Tails screenwriter John Ridley talks to Renee Montagne about the movie.