Tuskegee native returns for reception

Richie's soulful sounds highlight event By Robyn Bradley Litchfield • October 9, 2008 Tuskegee Airmen Gala Re­ception and Banquet attend­ees should be prepared Sat­urday to dance all night long. Yeah, Tuskegee native Li­onel Richie -- fresh from en­tertaining U.S. troops in the Middle East -- will be at the Renaissance Montgomery Hotel & Spa at the Conven­tion Center to celebrate and pay tribute to this historic group of men and women. The concert is just one of many highlights of the three-day grand opening cel­ebration of the Tuskegee Airmen National Historic Site at Moton Field in Tuske­gee. A Grammy Award-win­ning singer-songwriter who dominated the music charts in the 1970s and '80s, Richie was raised on what was the Tuskegee Institute campus and graduated from the school before making it big with late '70s super group... [read full story]