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1) West with the night

Author

Markham, Beryl

Series

Warbler Classics
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Formats

Book, Book on CD, eBook

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West with the Night is the story of Beryl Markham--aviator, racehorse trainer, beauty--and her life in the Kenya of the 1920s and '30s.

2) Flying free: how Bessie Coleman's dreams took flight

Author

Parsons, Karyn

Series

Sweet blackberry book

Publisher

Little, Brown and Company

Pub. Date

2020.

Physical Desc

1 volume (unpaged) : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 23 x 29 cm.

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Black History Month for Kids

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"The story of Bessie Coleman, the first African American woman to earn her pilot's license"--

3) Who were the Tuskegee Airmen?

Author

Smith, Sherri L

Series

Who was-- ?
Who was ?

Publisher

Penguin Workshop, an imprint of Penguin Random House

Pub. Date

[2018]

Physical Desc

108 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm

Description

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"During World War II, black Americans were fighting for their country and for freedom in Europe, yet they had to endure a totally segregated military in the United States, where they weren't considered smart enough to become military pilots. After acquiring government funding for aviation training, civil rights activists were able to kickstart the first African American military flight program in the US at Tuskegee University in Alabama. While this...

4) Sprouting wings: the true story of James Herman Banning, the first African American pilot to fly across the United States

Author

Jaggar, Louisa

Publisher

Crown Books for Young Readers

Pub. Date

[2021]

Physical Desc

1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 29 cm

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Black History Month for Kids

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"The true story of James Herman Banning, the first African American pilot to fly across the United States"--

5) Fly high!: the story of Bessie Coleman

Author

Borden, Louise

Publisher

Margaret K. McElderry Books

Pub. Date

c2001

Physical Desc

[40] p. : col. ill. ; 26 cm.

Description

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Discusses the life of the determined African American woman who went all the way to France in order to earn her pilot's license in 1921.

6) American wings: Chicago's pioneering Black aviators and the race for equality in the sky

Author

Smith, Sherri L

Publisher

G.P. Putnam's Sons

Pub. Date

2024.

Physical Desc

376 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

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"A nonfiction account of a group of determined Black Americans who created a flying club and built their own airfield on Chicago's South Side in the period between World Wars I and II"--

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1) West with the night

2) Flying free: how Bessie Coleman's dreams took flight

3) Who were the Tuskegee Airmen?

4) Sprouting wings: the true story of James Herman Banning, the first African American pilot to fly across the United States

5) Fly high!: the story of Bessie Coleman

6) American wings: Chicago's pioneering Black aviators and the race for equality in the sky

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