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 Wein, Elizabeth, author.
Format Book
PublicationNew York : G.P. Putnam's Sons, 2024.
Copyright Date©2024
Description376 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Subjects
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.
United States--Race relations. --History. --20th century. --Juvenile literature.

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 noteIncludes bibliographical references (pages 280-368) and index.
Interest age level Ages 12 and up
Interest grade level Grades 7 and up
Audience 1210 Lexile
Issued in other formOnline version: Smith, Sherri L. American wings New York : G.P. Putnam's Sons, [2024] 9780593324004
Genre/formBiographies.
Genre/formHistory.
Genre/formJuvenile works.
Genre/formBiographies.
LCCN 2023022245
ISBN9780593323984 hardcover
ISBN059332398X hardcover
ISBNelectronic book