Title |
Blue skies, black wings African American pioneers of aviation
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Names |
Broadnax, Samuel L.
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Book Number |
DB067179
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Title Status |
Active
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Medium |
Digital Book
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Download Link |
Downloadable talking book.
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Annotation |
Black journalist relates his flying experiences after enlisting in the Army Air Corp at age seventeen and graduating as a fighter pilot from the Tuskegee Institute in 1945. Recounts his and other African American pilots' military careers and their struggles with racism and segregation. Also discusses historical black aviators. 2007.
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Narrator |
Williams, Jake.
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Local Subject |
Adult Book - AD
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Adult Non-Fiction - AN
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Short Book - SH
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Biography & Autobiography - BIO
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Biography - Autobiography - ABI
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Biography - Black concern - BLKB
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Biography - Military - BIPM
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Science - Aviation - AVI
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History, United States - HUS
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History - HST
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Audience Notes |
Male narrator.
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LC Subject |
Aeronautics - United States - History
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African American air pilots - Biography
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African Americans - History
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Air pilots - United States - Biography
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United States - Race relations
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Call Number |
629.13092396073 B ANF
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Language |
English
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Released |
2007
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Publication Info |
Washington, D.C. : National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped, Library of Congress, 2007 (Talking Book Publishers, recording studio).
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Original Publication |
Recorded from: Westport, Conn. : Praeger, c2007. 9780275991951
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