African American History:
Tuskegee Airmen
The nation's first African American fighter pilots.
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The Tuskegee Airmen by DeCapua, Sarah
Notes: A survey history for younger readers of the Army Air Force's first African American Fighter Squadron.
Reading Level: Grades 3 to 6
ISBN: 9781602531383
Callnumber: j940.5449 D355T2
Red Tail Captured, Red Tail Free: Memoirs of a Tuskegee Airman and POW by Jefferson, Alexander
Notes: Jefferson, a Tuskegee Airman was shot down during World War II and held in a German prison camp for nine months.
ISBN: 0823223663
Callnumber: 940.5449 J356R
The Tuskegee Airmen: Black Heroes of World War II by Harris, Jacqueline
Notes: The story of African American aviators who fought against racism in the U.S. in order to become fighter pilots during World War II.
ISBN: 0382392159
Callnumber: j940.5449 H242T
Black Knights: the Story of the Tuskegee Airmen by Homan, Lynn
Notes: The story of the brave men and women who served at Tuskegee Army Air Field from 1941 to 1946.
ISBN: 1565548280
Callnumber: 940.5449 H75B
Red-Tail Angels: the Story of the Tuskegee Airmen of World War II by McKissack, Patricia
Notes: The pilots of the 332nd division earned the nickname Red-Tail Angels with their reputation for staying with the bomber planes they escorted. The squadron never lost a bomber, a record unmatched by any other group in the Army Air Force.
ISBN: 0802782922
Callnumber: j940.5449 M217R
Black Wings: Courageous Stories of African Americans in Aviation and Space Hist by Hardesty, Von
Notes: In addition to the Tuskegee Airmen, readers learn about pioneers like Bessie Coleman, the first black woman with a pilot's license; Eugene Jacques Bullard, the first black American to fly in combat (during World War I, for the French); and C. Alfred Anderson, the first African American to earn a Commercial Pilot License.
ISBN: 9780061261381
Callnumber: 629.1309 H218B