PHOTOS OF PEOPLE WHO HELPED MAKE THE AIRLIFTS POSSIBLE

Tom Mboya (center) and AASF executive director Cora Weiss with unidentied student at Fairleigh Dickinson University. Because many East Africans were uncomfortable at colleges in the South, Mboya and Weiss convinced the New Jersey university to accept them as transfer students.

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Support for this website was provided by the TASK Foundation, named for its founders, Ted and Ann S. Kheel, who helped organize the airlift and hosted airlift students at their house.