American wings : Chicago's pioneering Black aviators and the race for equality in the sky

Smith, Sherri L., author.

Contributors: Wein, Elizabeth, author.

2024, Book , 376 pages :

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Publication information:	New York : G.P. Putnam's Sons, 2024.
ISBN:	059332398X
ISBN:	9780593323984
Language:	English
Record ID:	4478915
Format:	Regular Print Book
Physical description:	376 pages : illustrations (black and white) ; 24 cm
Date acquired:	March 12, 2024
More creator details:	Sherri L. Smith and Elizabeth Wein.
Contents note:	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.
Contributor:	Wein, Elizabeth, author.

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