Blue Skies, Black Wings
Subtitle: African American Pioneers of Aviation
Publisher: Praeger Publishers
Published: January 30, 2007
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 208
ISBN-13: 9780275991951
Subjects: Aerospace & aviation technology; Black studies; History of engineering & technology; Social Science; Ethnic Issues; Sociology; USA; Aviation - History; Ethnic Studies - African American Studies - Histor; Military - Aviation; Social Science / Ethnic Studies; Ethnic Studies - General; Aeronautics; African American air pilots; Air pilots; Biography; History; United States
Description: Chronicles the history of African-Americans in aviation, from Charles Wesley Peters who flew his own plane in 1911 to the 1945 Freeman Field mutiny against segregationist policies in the Air Corps.