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Smith, Sherri L.
Who were the Tuskegee Airmen
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by Sherri L. Smith ; illustrated by Jake Murray.
New York, New York :
Penguin Workshop, an imprint of Penguin Random House,
2018.
108 pages :
illustrations ;
20 cm.
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Who was
Who were...?
Includes bibliographical references (page 108).
Who were the Tuskegee Airmen? -- Two Americas -- Taking flight -- We need more men! -- The first class -- The military way -- Red tails! -- Fighting in the sky -- The cost of war -- Target: Berlin! -- Double victory denied -- Becoming legends -- Timelines.
Details the history of the Tuskegee Airmen, a squadron of African American military pilots who faced racial prejudice while fighting for their country in World War II.
840L
Lexile.
20190510.
United States
Army Air Forces
Fighter Squadron, 99th
History
Juvenile literature.
African American air pilots
History
Juvenile literature.
African American air pilots
Biography
Juvenile literature.
World War, 1939-1945
Participation, African American
Juvenile literature.
World War, 1939-1945
Aerial operations, American
Juvenile literature.
World War, 1939-1945
Regimental histories
United States
Juvenile literature.
Biographies
Juvenile fiction.
Murray, Jake.
Who was.
Who were...?