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108 pp.
| Chelsea
| March, 2003
|
LibraryISBN 0-7910-7267-3$$22.95
(3)
YA
American Mosaic: African-American Contributors series.
Hasday does an adequate job chronicling one of the most successful military experiments in the nation's history--the training and deployment of the Tuskegee Airmen during WWII. Believed to be inferior by most military and political leaders, the Airmen proved that the color of one's skin had no influence on one's skill as a pilot. The book is illustrated with archival photographs. Reading list, timeline, websites. Bib., ind.