Why are the Tuskegee Airmen important figures in U. S. history? a. Their success convinced people that African Americans should be allowed in the military.

B. Their successful missions made their military group an early icon of racial equality.

C. They were active supporters in the fight for civil rights in the 1960s.

D. They created tactics that were later used in the fight for equality during the Civil Rights Movement.

The defendant, angered because a rival gang member had twice beaten him up after school, obtained a heavy lead pipe and waited in a deserted alleyway which he knew the rival took as a route home every day after school. when his enemy came walking down the alley, the defendant leapt out behind him and smashed the pipe into the victim's head, knocking him to the ground. the defendant then rolled the victim over and pounded his face with 15 to 20 heavy blows with the lead pipe, killing him. the jurisdiction defines first degree murder as murder committed with premeditation and deliberation. all other murders are defined as second degree murders. why will the defendant be convicted of first degree murder (as opposed to second degree murder)?