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Author Stone, Tanya Lee.

Title Courage has no color : the true story of the Triple Nickles : America's first Black paratroopers / Tanya Lee Stone.

Edition First paperback edition.
Publication Info. Somerville, Massachusetts : Candlewick Press, 2013.
Bookmark link: https://library.naperville-lib.org:444/record=b1631028~S1
Location Call No. Status
 95th Street Juvenile Nonfiction  J 940.541 STO    AVAILABLE
 Nichols Juvenile Nonfiction  J 940.541 STO    AVAILABLE
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Description 147 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Note "Foreword by Ashley Bryan"--Cover.
Summary Examines the role of African-Americans in the military through the history of the Triple Nickles, America's first black paratroopers, who fought against attacks perpetrated on the American West by the Japanese during World War II.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 124-140) and index.
Contents Courage has no color -- Soldiers, not servants -- I'm going to tell you a secret -- I had a mission that was [above] and beyond me -- Bets were made that Blacks would never jump -- We were going to tangle with Hitler -- We were soldiers, we did what we had to do -- The Army had no place for us -- We will have a colorless society one day -- The story behind the story.
Audience 1090L Lexile
Note 1090L Lexile
Subject United States. Army. Parachute Infantry Battalion, 555th -- History -- Juvenile literature.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Regimental histories -- Juvenile literature.
United States. Army -- African American troops -- History -- 20th century -- Juvenile literature.
United States. Army -- Parachute troops -- History -- 20th century -- Juvenile literature.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Participation, African American -- Juvenile literature.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- Western Front -- Juvenile literature.
African American soldiers -- History -- 20th century -- Juvenile literature.
African Americans -- Social conditions -- To 1964 -- Juvenile literature.
Race discrimination -- Juvenile literature.
World War, 1939-1945 -- African Americans.
ISBN 9780763665487 (pbk.)
0763665487 (pbk.)
9781480628892 (Paw Prints)
1480628891 (Paw Prints)
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