How were the Tuskegee Airmen important for the growing idea of racial equality in the United States? A) They fought for the rights of black Americans in the U.S. after World War II. B) They had no significant impact racial equality because the civil rights movement did not start until in the 1950s. C) They were a group of factory workers that refused to work in a segregated environment in Alabama during World War II. D) They demonstrated that African Americans were just as capable as their white peers because of their courage and effectiveness in battle during World War II.