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A-Train: Memoirs of a Tuskegee Airman » Read Now
by Charles W. Dryden. 424 pgs.

Collections: History, Entire Library

How does a black American prepare for a career in a profession traditionally closed to blacks? And how does he or she cope with the frustrations and dangers that subsequent experiences generate? A-Train is the story of one of the black Americans who, during World War II, graduated from Tuskegee Army...
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How does a black American prepare for a career in a profession traditionally closed to blacks? And how does he or she cope with the frustrations and dangers that subsequent experiences generate? A-Train is the story of one of the black Americans who, during World War II, graduated from Tuskegee Army Flying School and served as a pilot in the 99th Pursuit Squadron. Charles W. Dryden has prepared an honest, fast-paced, balanced, vividly written, and very personal account of what it was like to be a black soldier, and specifically a pilot, during World War II and the Korean War. Colonel Dryden's book commands our attention because it is a balanced account by an insightful man who enlisted in a segregated army and retired from an integrated air force. Dryden's account is poignant in illuminating the hurt inflicted by racism on even the most successful black people. As a member of that elite group of those young pilots who fought for their country overseas while being denied civil liberties at home, Dryden presents an eloquent memoir of the experiences he has shared and the changes he has witnessed.
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Chappie: America's First Black Four-Star General: The Life and Times of Daniel James, Jr. » Read Now
by J. Alfred Phelps. 366 pgs.

Collections: History, Entire Library
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Still Flying High: Tuskegee Airmen, in Ebony » Read Now
by Ebony. 2 pgs.

Collections: Entire Library

...Still flying high: Tuskegee Airmen. FIFTY-TWO years ago...the U.S. Army. Today, the Tuskegee Airmen, as they came to be known, are...convention speakers emphasized, the...
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American Greats ("All Blood Runs Red: The Tuskegee Airmen" begins on p. 252) » Read Now
by Robert A. Wilson, Stanley Marcus. 322 pgs.

Collections: History, Entire Library

This celebration of America's history and popular culture features original essays by writers such as John Updike, Peter Bogdanovich and Christopher Buckley.
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Victory at Home and Abroad: The Tuskegee Airmen Research Project and Seminar, in Social Education » Read Now
by John Adelmann. 8 pgs.

Collections: Education, Entire Library

...Victory at home and Abroad: The Tuskegee Airmen Research Project and Seminar...the local Rotarians about the Tuskegee Airmen Research Project his class was...had never even...
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Deadly Sky: The American Combat Airman in World War II » Read Now
by John C. McManus. 435 pgs.

Collections: History, Entire Library

In his study of aerial combat in World War II, McManus illustrates how the dangers facing the airmen might come from within the aircraft as well as without: piston engines and airframes, for example, were not reliable.
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The Greatest War: Americans in Combat, 1941-1945 » Read Now
by Gerald Astor. 1033 pgs.

Collections: History, Entire Library

With eyewitness accounts of battle, combat and the brutal realities of total war, The Greatest War is an insight into the feelings, thoughts and actions of many thousands of American men called to arms and sent to fight in conflict.
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General Benjamin D. Davis 1912-2002, in Air Power History » Read Now
by Air Power History. 2 pgs.

Collections: History, Entire Library
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Blacks in Aviation History, in Ebony » Read Now
by Ebony. 3 pgs.

Collections: History, Entire Library