American wings : Chicago's pioneering Black aviators and the race for equality in the sky / Sherri L. Smith and Elizabeth Wein
- Author
- Smith, Sherri L.
- Additional Titles
- Chicago's pioneering Black aviators and the race for equality in the sky
- Published
- New York : G.P. Putnam's Sons, 2024.
- Copyright Date
- ©2024
- Physical Description
- 376 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
- Additional Creators
- Wein, Elizabeth
- 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.
- 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"--
- Subject(s)
- 1900-1999
- 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
- Air pilots
- African Americans—Biography
- Aeronautics—History
- Aeronautics, Commercial—Illinois—Chicago
- Pilotes d'aéronef noirs américains—Biographies—Ouvrages pour la jeunesse
- Pilotes d'aéronef—États-Unis—Biographies—Ouvrages pour la jeunesse
- Aéronautique—États-Unis—Histoire—20e siècle—Ouvrages pour la jeunesse
- Aéro-clubs—Illinois—Chicago—Histoire—20e siècle—Ouvrages pour la jeunesse
- Aeronautics
- African American air pilots
- Private flying—Societies, etc
- Race relations
- Aeronautics—History—20th century—United States
- Air pilots—United States
- United States—Race relations—History—20th century—Juvenile literature
- United States—Race relations—History
- États-Unis—Relations raciales—Histoire—20e siècle—Ouvrages pour la jeunesse
- Illinois—Chicago
- United States
- Genre(s)
- ISBN
- 9780593323984 (hardcover)
059332398X (hardcover)
9780593324004 (electronic book) - Audience Notes
- Ages 7 years and up G.P. Putnam's Sons.
- Bibliography Note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 280-368) and index.
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