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Author:

Smith, Sherri L., author.

Title:

American wings : Chicago's pioneering Black aviators and the race for equality in the sky / by Sherri L. Smith and Elizabeth Wein.

Publisher:

G.P. Putnam's Sons,

Copyright Date:

2024

Description:

376 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Other Authors:

Wein, Elizabeth, author.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 280-368) and index.

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"-- Provided by publisher.

ISBN:

059332398X
9780593323984

OCLC:

(OCoLC)1416353140

LCCN:

2023022245

Locations:

TCPG826 -- Bettendorf Public Library Information Center (Bettendorf)

SAPG074 -- Cedar Falls Public Library (Cedar Falls)

TYPH572 -- Cedar Rapids Public Library (Cedar Rapids)

S1PD771 -- Johnston Public Library (Johnston)

KWPE446 -- Mount Pleasant Public Library (Mount Pleasant)

BVPE851 -- Nevada Public Library (Nevada)

UJPE911 -- Norwalk Easter Public Library (Norwalk)

GDPF771 -- Urbandale Public Library (Urbandale)

SFPH074 -- Waterloo Public Library (Waterloo)