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 Sons1210L, Lexile
Literary Form
non fiction
Main title
American wings
Nature of contents
bibliography
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
pre adolescent
Classification
Contributor
Creator
Subject
- Private flying -- Illinois -- Chicago -- Societies, etc -- History -- 20th century
- Air pilots
- YOUNG ADULT NONFICTION / History / United States / 20th Century
- History
- United States -- Race relations -- History -- 20th century
- Aeronautics -- United States -- History -- 20th century
- Air pilots -- United States -- Biography
- African American air pilots -- Biography
Content
Author
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Outgoing Resources
- Classification1
- Contributor1
- Creator1
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- Subject8
- Private flying -- Illinois -- Chicago -- Societies, etc -- History -- 20th century
- Air pilots
- YOUNG ADULT NONFICTION / History / United States / 20th Century
- History
- United States -- Race relations -- History -- 20th century
- Aeronautics -- United States -- History -- 20th century
- Air pilots -- United States -- Biography
- African American air pilots -- Biography
- Content1
- Author1