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Item Information   Copy / Holding Information     Booklist Review     Publisher Weekly Review     School Library Journal Review     Table of Contents     More Content       More by this author     Smith, Sherri L.     Subjects     Aeronautics -- United States -- History.     Aeronautics -- United States -- History -- 20th century.     Private flying -- Illinois -- Chicago -- Societies, etc. -- History -- 20th century.     Air pilots, Black -- Biography.     Air pilots -- United States -- Biography.     Aeronautics, Commercial -- Illinois -- Chicago.     Blacks -- Biography.     United States -- Race relations -- History -- 20th century.     United States -- Race relations -- History.     Browse Catalog     by author:      Smith, Sherri L.       by title:      American wings : Chi...       by call number:      629.130922 S659aw     Search the Web     Smith, Sherri L.     Aeronautics -- United States -- History.     Aeronautics -- United States -- History -- 20th century.     Private flying -- Illinois -- Chicago -- Societies, etc. -- History -- 20th century.     Air pilots, Black -- Biography.     Air pilots -- United States -- Biography.     Aeronautics, Commercial -- Illinois -- Chicago.     Blacks -- Biography.     United States -- Race relations -- History -- 20th century.     United States -- Race relations -- History.       MARC Display

American wings : Chicago's pioneering Black aviators and the race for equality in the sky / Sherri L. Smith and Elizabeth Wein. by Smith, Sherri L. G. P. Putnam's Sons, c2024. Call #: 629.130922 S659aw Subjects Aeronautics -- United States -- History.   Aeronautics -- United States -- History -- 20th century.   Private flying -- Illinois -- Chicago -- Societies, etc. -- History -- 20th century.   Air pilots, Black -- Biography.   Air pilots -- United States -- Biography.   Aeronautics, Commercial -- Illinois -- Chicago.   Blacks -- Biography.   United States -- Race relations -- History -- 20th century.   United States -- Race relations -- History. ISBN:  9780593323984 Description:  376 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm. Bibliography:  Includes bibliographical references 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. Genre:  Biographies. Other authors:  Wein, Elizabeth. Holds:  0   Copy/Holding information Location Collection Call No. Item type Status Due Date   Central Library Young Adult Black Nonfiction 629.130922 S659aw Ya Books Checked out Jul 20, 2024 Add Copy to MyList Tantallon Public Library Young Adult Black Nonfiction 629.130922 S659aw Ya Books Checked in   Add Copy to MyList

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