Blue Skies, Black Wings

Blue Skies, Black Wings
by Samuel L. Broadnax
Adopted by
Maurice Givens
on November 10, 2019
African American pilots

Blue skies, black wings : African American pioneers of aviation

By Samuel L. Broadnax. Westport, CN: Praeger, 2007.

A detailed and riveting history of early African Americans and aviation written by one of the Tuskegee pilots who served in the U.S. Army Air Corps during World War II. This book details the stories of those first aviation pioneers and their contributions that aided in the founding of the Tuskegee program and its success. It is unsparing in detailing the realities and risks they faced to achieve their goals.

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Adoption Type: Build and Access the Collection

Location: 
National Air and Space Museum Library