Father of the Tuskegee airmen, John C. Robinson
By: Phillip Thomas Tucker
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Potomac Books, Inc.
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Washington, D.C
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9781597974875
Subjects: African American air pilots; Ethiopian Aerial operations; Air pilots; Italo-Ethiopian War, 1935-1936; African American fighter pilots; American Participation; Biography
Other titles: John C. Robinson
Notes: Includes index.
Table of contents: title: A rare beacon of hope, Gulfport; title: Turning point: Tuskegee Institute and going north; title: Breaking racial barriers; title: Aviation comes to Tuskegee Institute for the first time and transforming Chicago into a center for black aviation; title: Commanding Emperor Haile Selassie's Imperial Ethiopian Air Force; title: Fascist invasion of Ethiopia; title: The gods of war turn against Ethiopia; title: Returning war hero; title: Aviation visions burn brightly; title: The winds of World War; title: Epilogue.