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Black Knights : the story of the Tuskegee airmen /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Homan, Lynn M.
Other Authors: Reilly, Thomas
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Gretna, La. : Pelican Pub. Co., 2001.
Subjects:
United States. > Air Force > African Americans > History > Pictorial works.
Air pilots, Military > United States > History > Pictorial works.
Air pilots, Military > Alabama > Tuskegee > History > Pictorial works.
Tuskegee Army Air Field (Ala.) > Pictorial works.
Table of Contents:
  • Foreword
  • Preface
  • [ch.] 1. Black men can't fly
  • [ch.] 2. The opening of the door
  • [ch.] 3. Tuskegee
  • [ch.] 4. Send us your best men
  • [ch.] 5. Segregation goes on ... separate but not equal
  • [ch.] 6. To war, to war ... finally
  • [ch.] 7. On to Italy
  • [ch.] 8. In the skies over Europe
  • [ch.] 9. Red tails
  • [ch.] 10. The war rages on
  • [ch.] 11. The 332nd scores big
  • [ch.] 12. The end in sight
  • [ch.] 13. The birth of the 477th
  • [ch.] 14. The Freeman Field mutiny
  • [ch.] 15. The Commander : Benjamin O. Davis Jr.
  • [ch.] 16. The war is over
  • [ch.] 17. The unsung warriors
  • [ch.] 18. The Tuskegee experience
  • [ch.] 19. Black birds
  • appendix. Roster of pilot training graduates at Tuskegee Army Air Field
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • Index.