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- African American air pilots--Biography--Juvenile literature
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Title Statement | American wings: Chicago's pioneering Black aviators and the race for equality in the sky / Sherri L. Smith and Elizabeth Wein. |
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Author | Smith, Sherri L |
Additional Contributors | Wein, Elizabeth |
Publication | New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons,2024. |
Extent of Item | 376 pages |
ISBN | 9780593323984 (hardcover) |
Other Number | pr07269929 |
Bibliography | Includes bibliographical references (pages 280-368) and index. |
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"-- |
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By Topic | African American air pilots--Biography--Juvenile literature |
Air pilots--Biography--Juvenile literature--United States | |
Aeronautics, Commercial--Juvenile literature--Illinois--Chicago | |
Aeronautics--Juvenile literature--Illinois--Chicago | |
Aeronautics--Juvenile literature--History--20th century--United States | |
Private flying--Juvenile literature--Societies, etc--History--20th century--Illinois--Chicago | |
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