{"product_id":"blue-skies-black-wings-samuel-broadnax-9780275991951","title":"Blue Skies, Black Wings: African American Pioneers of Aviation","description":"\u003cp\u003eAt the age of 17, Samuel L. Broadnax--enamored with flying--enlisted and trained as a pilot at the Tuskegee Army Air Base. Although he left the Air Corps at the end of the Second World War, his experiences inspired him to talk with other pilots and black pioneers of aviation. \u003ci\u003eBlue Skies, Black Wings\u003c\/i\u003e recounts the history of African Americans in the skies from the very beginnings of manned flight. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFrom Charles Wesley Peters, who flew his own plane in 1911, and Eugene Bullard, a black American ace with the French in World War I, to the 1945 Freeman Field mutiny against segregationist policies in the Air Corps, Broadnax paints a vivid picture of the people who fought oppression to make the skies their own.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Samuel Broadnax\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0275991954\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780275991951\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Praeger\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/30\/2007\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 208\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.06lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.40h x 6.56w x 0.92d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e 04\/01\/2007 pg. 12\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eReference and Research Bk News\u003c\/i\u003e 05\/01\/2007 pg. 271","brand":"Samuel Broadnax","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":46431411994879,"sku":"9780275991951","price":55.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_b28a54dd-0e5e-4153-b857-5ad100e5679c.jpg?v=1735141244","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/blue-skies-black-wings-samuel-broadnax-9780275991951","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}