American Wings
Chicago's Pioneering Black Aviators and the Race for Equality in the Sky
New York : G.P. Putnam's Sons, [2024]
Format: Book
Description: pages cm
"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.
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.
Subjects:
African American air pilots -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
Air pilots -- United States -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
Aeronautics -- United States -- History -- 20th century -- Juvenile literature.
Private flying -- Illinois -- Chicago -- Societies, etc. -- History -- 20th century -- Juvenile literature.
United States -- Race relations -- History -- 20th century -- Juvenile literature.
African American air pilots -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
Air pilots -- United States -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
Aeronautics -- United States -- History -- 20th century -- Juvenile literature.
Private flying -- Illinois -- Chicago -- Societies, etc. -- History -- 20th century -- Juvenile literature.
United States -- Race relations -- History -- 20th century -- Juvenile literature.
Target Audience: Ages 7 years and up
ISBN:
9780593323984
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Call Number | Location | Shelf Location | Status |
T HISTORY Smi | Main (Downtown) | Garden Level, Teen Nonfiction | In |