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Author Tucker, Phillip Thomas, 1953-

Title Father of the Tuskegee airmen, John C. Robinson / Phillip Thomas Tucker
Edition 1st ed
Published Washington, D.C. : Potomac Books, Inc., ©2011

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Description 1 online resource (xiv, 329 pages) : illustrations
Contents A rare beacon of hope, Gulfport -- Turning point : Tuskegee Institute and going north -- Breaking racial barriers -- Aviation comes to Tuskegee Institute for the first time and transforming Chicago into a center for black aviation -- Commanding Emperor Haile Selassie's Imperial Ethiopian Air Force -- Fascist invasion of Ethiopia -- The gods of war turn against Ethiopia -- Returning war hero -- Aviation visions burn brightly -- The winds of World War -- Epilogue
Summary A thrilling biography of one of the most famous African American pilots of all time
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Print version record
Subject Robinson, John Charles, 1903-1954.
SUBJECT Robinson, John Charles, 1903-1954
Robinson, John Charles, 1903-1954 fast
Subject African American air pilots -- Biography
African American fighter pilots -- Biography
Italo-Ethiopian War, 1935-1936 -- Aerial operations, Ethiopian
Italo-Ethiopian War, 1935-1936 -- Participation, American
Air pilots -- United States -- Biography
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- General.
TRANSPORTATION -- Aviation -- History.
African American air pilots
African American fighter pilots
Air pilots
Military participation -- American
United States
Genre/Form Biographies
Biographies.
Biographies.
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9781597976060
1597976067
Other Titles John C. Robinson