Now Let Me Fly
A Portrait of Eugene Bullard
New York, NY : First Second, 2023.
Format: Book
Edition: First edition.
Description: 322 pages, 6 unnumbered pages : color illustrations ; 24 cm
"A soaring graphic biography that casts new light on the first African-American fighter pilot. On the eve of World War I, Eugene Bullard was a refugee of the Jim Crow South who was determined to find a place where a Black man would be treated as a fellow human being. His search took him from rural Georgia to the streets of Paris, from the vaudeville stage to the boxing ring, and finally, from the muddy trenches to the open skies. In 1914, Bullard joined the fight to defend France--and made history as the world's first African American fighter pilot. In this candid but sensitive portrait of Bullard, author Ronald Wimberly balances the personal and the historical to interrogate concepts of cynicism, idealism, fear, glory, and the pervasiveness of anti-Black racism"--Provided by publisher.
Subjects:
Bullard, Eugene Jacques, 1895-1961 -- Comic books, strips, etc.
African American fighter pilots -- France -- Comic books, strips, etc.
Fighter pilots -- France -- Comic books, strips, etc.
African American fighter pilots -- Comic books, strips, etc.
World War, 1914-1918 -- Comic books, strips, etc.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Comic books, strips, etc.
Race discrimination -- United States -- History -- 20th century -- Comic books, strips, etc.
Graphic novels.
Bullard, Eugene Jacques, 1895-1961 -- Comic books, strips, etc.
African American fighter pilots -- France -- Comic books, strips, etc.
Fighter pilots -- France -- Comic books, strips, etc.
African American fighter pilots -- Comic books, strips, etc.
World War, 1914-1918 -- Comic books, strips, etc.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Comic books, strips, etc.
Race discrimination -- United States -- History -- 20th century -- Comic books, strips, etc.
Graphic novels.
ISBN:
9781626728523
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Call Number | Location | Shelf Location | Status |
GN Let Wimberly | Main (Downtown) | Display - First Level, Graphic Novel | In |
Includes bibliographical references (page 325).