American Wings Av Sherri L. Smith, Elizabeth Wein

<b>From the acclaimed author of <i>Flygirl </i>and the bestselling author of <i>Code Name Verity</i> comes the thrilling and inspiring true story of the desegregation of the skies.</b><br><br>In the years between World War I and World War II, aviation fever was everywhere, including among Black Americans. But what hope did a Black person have of learning to fly in a country constricted by prejudice and Jim Crow laws, where some previous Black aviators like Bessie Coleman had to move to France to earn their wings?<br><br><i>American Wings</i> follows a group of determined Black Americans: Cornelius Coffey and Johnny Robinson, skilled auto mechanics; Janet Harmon Bragg, a nurse; and Willa Brown, a teacher and social worker. Together, they created a flying club and built their own airfield on Chicago’s South Side. As the U.S. hurtled toward World War II, they established a school to train new pilots, teaching both Black and white students together and proving, in a time when th

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