The Resource Freedom flyers : the Tuskegee Airmen of World War II, J. Todd Moye
Freedom flyers : the Tuskegee Airmen of World War II, J. Todd Moye
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- Summary
- From the Publisher: As the country's first African American military pilots, the Tuskegee Airmen fought in World War II on two fronts: against the Axis powers in the skies over Europe and against Jim Crow racism and segregation at home. Although the pilots flew more than 15,000 sorties and destroyed more than 200 German aircraft, their most far-reaching achievement defies quantification: delivering a powerful blow to racial inequality and discrimination in American life. In this inspiring account of the Tuskegee Airmen, historian J. Todd Moye captures the challenges and triumphs of these brave pilots in their own words, drawing on more than 800 interviews recorded for the National Park Service's Tuskegee Airmen Oral History Project. Denied the right to fully participate in the U.S. war effort alongside whites at the beginning of World War II, African Americans--spurred on by black newspapers and civil rights organizations such as the NAACP--compelled the prestigious Army Air Corps to open its training programs to black pilots, despite the objections of its top generals. Thousands of young men came from every part of the country to Tuskegee, Alabama, in the heart of the segregated South, to enter the program, which expanded in 1943 to train multi-engine bomber pilots in addition to fighter pilots. By the end of the war, Tuskegee Airfield had become a small city populated by black mechanics, parachute packers, doctors, and nurses. Together, they helped prove that racial segregation of the fighting forces was so inefficient as to be counterproductive to the nation's defense. Freedom Flyers brings to life the legacy of a determined, visionary cadre of African American airmen who proved their capabilities and patriotism beyond question, transformed the armed forces-formerly the nation's most racially polarized institution-and jump-started the modern struggle for racial equality
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- vii, 241 pages 8 unnumbered pages of plates
- Contents
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- Prologue: "This is where you ride" -- 1: Use of Negro manpower in war -- 2: Black Eagles take flight -- 3: Experiment -- 4: Combat on several fronts -- 5: Trials of the 477th -- 6: Integrating the Air Force -- Epilogue: "Let's make it a holy crusade all around."
- Prologue: "This is where you ride" -- The use of Negro manpower in war -- The Black Eagles take flight -- The experiment -- Combat on several fronts -- The trials of the 477th -- Integrating the Air Force -- Epilogue: "Let's make it a holy crusade all around"
- Isbn
- 9780195386554
- Label
- Freedom flyers : the Tuskegee Airmen of World War II
- Title
- Freedom flyers
- Title remainder
- the Tuskegee Airmen of World War II
- Statement of responsibility
- J. Todd Moye
- Subject
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- History
- United States, Army Air Forces -- African American troops
- United States, Army Air Forces | Composite Group, 477th
- United States, Army Air Forces | Fighter Group, 332nd
- United States, Army Air Forces | Fighter Squadron, 99th
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Aerial operations, American
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- Europe
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Participation, African American
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Regimental histories -- United States
- African American air pilots -- History
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- From the Publisher: As the country's first African American military pilots, the Tuskegee Airmen fought in World War II on two fronts: against the Axis powers in the skies over Europe and against Jim Crow racism and segregation at home. Although the pilots flew more than 15,000 sorties and destroyed more than 200 German aircraft, their most far-reaching achievement defies quantification: delivering a powerful blow to racial inequality and discrimination in American life. In this inspiring account of the Tuskegee Airmen, historian J. Todd Moye captures the challenges and triumphs of these brave pilots in their own words, drawing on more than 800 interviews recorded for the National Park Service's Tuskegee Airmen Oral History Project. Denied the right to fully participate in the U.S. war effort alongside whites at the beginning of World War II, African Americans--spurred on by black newspapers and civil rights organizations such as the NAACP--compelled the prestigious Army Air Corps to open its training programs to black pilots, despite the objections of its top generals. Thousands of young men came from every part of the country to Tuskegee, Alabama, in the heart of the segregated South, to enter the program, which expanded in 1943 to train multi-engine bomber pilots in addition to fighter pilots. By the end of the war, Tuskegee Airfield had become a small city populated by black mechanics, parachute packers, doctors, and nurses. Together, they helped prove that racial segregation of the fighting forces was so inefficient as to be counterproductive to the nation's defense. Freedom Flyers brings to life the legacy of a determined, visionary cadre of African American airmen who proved their capabilities and patriotism beyond question, transformed the armed forces-formerly the nation's most racially polarized institution-and jump-started the modern struggle for racial equality
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Moye, J. Todd
- Dewey number
- 940.54/4973
- Illustrations
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- illustrations
- plates
- Index
- index present
- LC call number
- D790.252 332nd
- LC item number
- .M69 2010
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- Series statement
- Oxford oral history series
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- United States
- United States
- United States
- United States
- World War, 1939-1945
- African American air pilots
- World War, 1939-1945
- World War, 1939-1945
- World War, 1939-1945
- Label
- Freedom flyers : the Tuskegee Airmen of World War II, J. Todd Moye
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 191-231) and index
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- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
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- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
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- Prologue: "This is where you ride" -- 1: Use of Negro manpower in war -- 2: Black Eagles take flight -- 3: Experiment -- 4: Combat on several fronts -- 5: Trials of the 477th -- 6: Integrating the Air Force -- Epilogue: "Let's make it a holy crusade all around."
- Prologue: "This is where you ride" -- The use of Negro manpower in war -- The Black Eagles take flight -- The experiment -- Combat on several fronts -- The trials of the 477th -- Integrating the Air Force -- Epilogue: "Let's make it a holy crusade all around"
- Control code
- 432443975
- Dimensions
- 25 cm
- Extent
- vii, 241 pages 8 unnumbered pages of plates
- Isbn
- 9780195386554
- Isbn Type
- (hc.)
- Lccn
- 2009034079
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
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- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations
- System control number
- (OCoLC)432443975
- Label
- Freedom flyers : the Tuskegee Airmen of World War II, J. Todd Moye
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 191-231) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
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- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
-
- Prologue: "This is where you ride" -- 1: Use of Negro manpower in war -- 2: Black Eagles take flight -- 3: Experiment -- 4: Combat on several fronts -- 5: Trials of the 477th -- 6: Integrating the Air Force -- Epilogue: "Let's make it a holy crusade all around."
- Prologue: "This is where you ride" -- The use of Negro manpower in war -- The Black Eagles take flight -- The experiment -- Combat on several fronts -- The trials of the 477th -- Integrating the Air Force -- Epilogue: "Let's make it a holy crusade all around"
- Control code
- 432443975
- Dimensions
- 25 cm
- Extent
- vii, 241 pages 8 unnumbered pages of plates
- Isbn
- 9780195386554
- Isbn Type
- (hc.)
- Lccn
- 2009034079
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations
- System control number
- (OCoLC)432443975
Subject
- History
- United States, Army Air Forces -- African American troops
- United States, Army Air Forces | Composite Group, 477th
- United States, Army Air Forces | Fighter Group, 332nd
- United States, Army Air Forces | Fighter Squadron, 99th
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Aerial operations, American
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- Europe
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Participation, African American
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Regimental histories -- United States
- African American air pilots -- History
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