1. Celebrating
Black History Month:
Curtis Christopher Robinson
Andrew Wolf
February 7, 2012

2. Curtis Christopher Robinson
• Growing up
• Making a difference
• The seven habits
• Summary

3. Growing up
• Curtis Robinson was born on August 25, 1919 in
Orangeburg, South Carolina.
• He was the youngest of 6 children and everyone
called him C.C.
• C.C graduated from Claftin College in 1940 with a
degree in chemistry.
• C.C. did not get many job offers because he was
black.

4. Making a difference
• C.C. joined the Army in 1942 and was
accepted into the pilot program at the
Tuskegee Institute in Alabama.
• C.C. became one of the Tuskegee Airmen, who
were the first black pilots in the history of the
U.S. military

5. The Seven Habits
Be Proactive
• C.C. volunteered to serve in the Army to
defend America in World War II

6. The Seven Habits
Begin With The End In Mind
• In battle, the Tuskegee Airmen approached
every mission with victory in mind.

7. The Seven Habits
Put First Things First
• The Tuskegee Airmen always put the safety of
the bombers ahead of their own safety.

8. The Seven Habits
Think Win-Win
• C.C. made it back from the war and his
squadron never lost a single bomber to the
enemy.

9. The Seven Habits
Seek First to Understand, Then to be
Understood
• C.C. studied every mission to first understand
the goals and then he understood what to do.

10. The Seven Habits
Synergize
• C.C. synergized with the Tuskegee Airmen by
completing his missions with them.

11. The Seven Habits
Sharpen the Saw
• C.C. continued to study chemistry and became
a pharmacist after he left the Army.

12. Summary
• C.C. Robinson was a
war hero and part
of the famous
Tuskegee Airmen
• I met C.C. in 2010
and he was a very
nice man