American wings : Chicago's pioneering Black aviators and the race for equality in the sky

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

Author/creator	Smith, Sherri L. author.
Other author/creator	Wein, Elizabeth, author.
Format	Book and Print
Publication Info	New York : G.P. Putnam's Sons, 2024.
Copyright Notice	©2024
Description	376 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Subject(s)	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. 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.

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.
Abstract	"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.
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references (pages 280-368) and index.
Spec. audience char.	Ages 7 years and up G.P. Putnam's Sons.
Issued in other form	Online version: Smith, Sherri L. American wings New York : G.P. Putnam's Sons, [2024] 9780593324004
Genre/form	Biographies
Genre/form	History
Genre/form	Juvenile works
Genre/form	Biographies.
Genre/form	Biographies.
LCCN	2023022245
ISBN	9780593323984 (hardcover)
ISBN	059332398X (hardcover)
ISBN	(epub)

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