American Wings
2024·376 pages
A thrilling true story of Black American aviators in Chicago fighting racism and barriers to desegregate the skies between the World Wars.
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A thrilling true story of Black American aviators in Chicago fighting racism and barriers to desegregate the skies between the World Wars.
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From the acclaimed author of Flygirl and the bestselling author of Code Name Verity comes the thrilling and inspiring true story of the desegregation of the skies. “This beautiful and brilliant history of not only what it means to be Black and dream of flying but to, against every odd, do so, completely blew me away.” —Jacqueline Woodson, National Book Award Winner for Brown Girl Dreaming In the years between World War I and World War II, aviation fever was everywhere, including among Black Amer...
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Central focus on racial inequality and desegregation in aviation.
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Depictions of systemic racism and discrimination faced by Black aviators.
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