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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.

Publication Info. New York : G.P. Putnam's Sons, 2024.
Bookmark link: https://library.naperville-lib.org:444/record=b3093411~S1
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 95th Street Adult Nonfiction-NEW  629.13092 SMI    AVAILABLE
 Naper Blvd. Adult Nonfiction-NEW  629.13092 SMI    AVAILABLE
 Nichols Adult Nonfiction-NEW  629.13092 SMI    AVAILABLE
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Description 376 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Audience 1210L Lexile
Note 1210L Lexile
Bibliography 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.
Subject African American air pilots -- Biography.
Air pilots -- United States -- Biography.
Aeronautics -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
Private flying -- Illinois -- Chicago -- Societies, etc. -- History -- 20th century.
African American air pilots.
United States -- Race relations -- History -- 20th century.
Added Author Wein, Elizabeth, author.
ISBN 9780593323984 hc
059332398X hc
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