American wings, Chicago's pioneering Black aviators and the race for equality in the sky, by Sherri L. Smith and Elizabeth Wein
Type
Label
American wings, Chicago's pioneering Black aviators and the race for equality in the sky, by Sherri L. Smith and Elizabeth Wein
Language
eng
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 280-368) and index
resource.biographical
collective biography
Illustrations
illustrations
Index
index present
Intended audience
Ages 7 years and up, G.P. Putnam's Sons
Literary Form
non fiction
Main title
American wings
Nature of contents
bibliography
Oclc number
1376418710
Responsibility statement
by Sherri L. Smith and Elizabeth Wein
Sub title
Chicago's pioneering Black aviators and the race for equality in the sky
Summary
"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
Table Of 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
Target audience
juvenile
Classification
Contributor
Creator
Subject
- Biographies
- African American air pilots -- Biography -- Juvenile literature
- Juvenile works
- Race relations
- 1900-1999
- History
- Aeronautics + History
- Air pilots
- Aeronautics -- United States -- History -- 20th century -- Juvenile literature
- Illinois + Chicago
- Air pilots -- United States -- Biography -- Juvenile literature
- Private flying + Societies, etc
- Aeronautics, Commercial -- Illinois -- Chicago
- Aeronautics
- United States
- United States -- Race relations -- History
- African American air pilots
- Private flying -- Illinois -- Chicago -- Societies, etc -- History -- 20th century -- Juvenile literature
- United States -- Race relations -- History -- 20th century -- Juvenile literature
- African Americans -- Biography
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- Biographies
- African American air pilots -- Biography -- Juvenile literature
- Juvenile works
- Race relations
- 1900-1999
- History
- Aeronautics + History
- Air pilots
- Aeronautics -- United States -- History -- 20th century -- Juvenile literature
- Illinois + Chicago
- Air pilots -- United States -- Biography -- Juvenile literature
- Private flying + Societies, etc
- Aeronautics, Commercial -- Illinois -- Chicago
- Aeronautics
- United States
- United States -- Race relations -- History
- African American air pilots
- Private flying -- Illinois -- Chicago -- Societies, etc -- History -- 20th century -- Juvenile literature
- United States -- Race relations -- History -- 20th century -- Juvenile literature
- African Americans -- Biography
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