American wings : Chicago's pioneering Black aviators and the race for equality in the sky
Title:
American wings : Chicago's pioneering Black aviators and the race for equality in the sky
Author:
Smith, Sherri L., author.
ISBN:
9780593323984
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Physical Description:
376 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Contents:
Prologue: a dream takes flight -- Pre-flight, Detroit, 1927 -- Ground school, 1927-1929 -- Taking off, 1929-1933 -- Climb, 1933-1934 -- Ethiopia, 1935 -- The airways part, 1936-1937 -- The defender flyers, 1938 -- The moonshot, 1939 -- The love story of Cornelius R. Coffey, 1939-1940 -- The Tuskegee tussle, 1940-1941 -- Wings of war, 1941-1945 -- Touching down, 1946 and beyond -- Epilogue: to the stars.
Abstract:
"A nonfiction account of a group of determined Black Americans who created a flying club and built their own airfield on Chicago's South Side in the period between World Wars I and II"-- Provided by publisher.
Reading Level:
Ages 7 years and up G.P. Putnam's Sons
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