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Moving forward : from space-age rides to Civil Rights sit-ins with Airman Alton Yates
Title:
Moving forward : from space-age rides to Civil Rights sit-ins with Airman Alton Yates
Author:
Barton, Chris, author.
ISBN:
9781534473652
Personal Author:
Barton, Chris, author.
Edition:
First edition.
Physical Description:
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 24 x 32 cm
Abstract:
"A picture book biography on Alton Yates, a Black man who served in the Air Force in the 1950s and contributed to key research on flight safety for pilots and passengers. After returning home, Alton dedicated his life to standing against Jim Crow and fighting for racial equality"-- Provided by publisher.
Reading Level:
Ages 4-8 Beach Lane Books

Grades 2-3 Beach Lane Books
Personal Subject:
Yates, Alton, 1936--Juvenile literature.

Yates, Alton, 1936-
Subject Term:
Airmen -- United States -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.

African Americans -- Florida -- Jacksonville -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.

African Americans -- Civil rights -- Florida -- Jacksonville -- History -- Juvenile literature.

African American civil rights workers -- Florida -- Jacksonville -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.

Civil rights workers -- Florida -- Jacksonville -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.

Airmen.

African Americans -- Biography.

African Americans -- Civil rights -- History.

African American civil rights workers -- Biography.

Civil rights workers -- Biography.

Picture books.
Geographic Term:
Jacksonville (Fla.) -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.

Jacksonville (Fla.) -- Race relations -- Juvenile literature.

Jacksonville (Fla.) -- Biography.

Jacksonville (Fla.) -- Race relations.
Genre:
Picture books.
Added Author:
Walthall, Steffi,
Pamunkey Regional Library, P.O. Box 119, Hanover, VA, 23069 804-365-6211 (phone), ask@pamunkeylibrary.org