Black wings
Subtitle: courageous stories of African Americans in aviation and space history
By: Von Hardesty.
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
Published: 2007
Place of publication: New York, NY
Language: eng
Number of pages: 180
ISBN-13: 9780061261381
Subjects: African American air pilots -- Biography; African American astronauts -- Biography; Air pilots -- United States -- Biography; Astronauts -- United States -- Biography
Genres: Biography.
Notes: "In association with the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum."

Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Barnstormer Bessie Coleman takes to the air; title: Facing the headwinds of prejudice; title: Long distance flying; title: In the shadow of war; title: The Tuskegee airmen; title: At full stride; title: Into orbit-joining the astronaut corps.