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We are glad that you are searching for real estate information on our site. This information is located on a page that is not maintained by DMS Properties, LLC Residential Real Estate Services. Charles Herbert Flowers High School is located at 10001 Ardwick-Ardmore Road in Springdale, MD. The school was named for Charles Herbert Flowers. Flowers was born in Wadesboro, North Carolina. He became a resident of Glenarden.
Flowers graduated in May of 1942 from the Army Air Corps Flight Training Center. The facility is located at Tuskegee Institute in Alabama. During World War II, he became the first African American with military training to become a primary flight instructor of the Tuskegee Airmen. The Tuskegee Airmen were the best. That was because Tuskegee Institute only accepted those who met extensive physical and mental qualifications. These men, fought for America. They also fought for themselves, their children, their culture, as well as every American citizen. The Airmen hoped that their country would accept Americans of all colors as first class citizens. During World War II, the Tuskegee Airmen served with distinction. They were honored by the United States Congress with the Congressional Gold Medal.
After the war, Flowers completed his college degree in Business Administration. This was at what is now known as North Carolina Central University. While at Central, he became the first student government president. Flowers later moved back to Maryland. In 1965, he went to work for NASA at the Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt. He retired as the Manager of Employee Relations in 1990.
After he retired, Flowers kept himself busy and active in the community. He was also active at Ebenezer United Methodist Church in Lanham, Maryland. Through his church, he mentored children at James McHenry Elementary School and Thomas Johnson Middle School. He also worked with the Youth in Aviation program in the are. Flowers was also a member of Omega Psi Phi Fraternity.
In 2000, Flowers became the only living person to have a school named after him in the Prince George’s County Public School system. In 2006, Tuskegee University bestowed upon Flowers an honorary Doctorate in Public Service.
Flowers married his wife, Wilhelmina Flowers, in 1943. They had four children — Carolyn, Yvonne, Charles Herbert Flowers III, and Roderick. He had six grandchildren and eleven great grandchildren.