American wings : Chicago's pioneering Black aviators and the race for equality in the sky by Smith, Sherri L. 

BTSB Prebound(Putnam, 2024)

BTSB #: 826995 Available

Dewey: 629.1309/CAges: 12-14   
Lexile: 1210

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Subjects: African American air pilots - Biography Air pilots - United States - Biography Aeronautics - United States - History|y20th century United States - Race relations - History|y20th century

Summary: 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.

Segregated skies : David Harris's trailblazing journey to rise above racial barriers by Cottman, Michael H. 

BTSB Prebound(National Geographic, 2021)

BTSB #: 244706 Available

Dewey: 629.1309/BAges: 9-12   


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Subjects: Harris, David E.,|d1934- Air pilots - United States - Biography African American air pilots - Biography Race relations

Summary: Follows David Harris's turbulent path to become the first African American commercial airline pilot in the U.S., presented against the backdrop of racial tensions, protests, and the landmark civil rights legislation of the 1960s.

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

BTSB Prebound(Crown Books for Young Readers, 2021)

BTSB #: 486606 Available

Dewey: 629.1309/BAges: 5-7   
AR: 5 LG F&P: R

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Subjects: Banning, James Herman African American air pilots - Biography Cross-country flying - United States Air travel

Summary: The true story of James Herman Banning, the first African American pilot to fly across the United States.