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Author Tucker, Phillip Thomas, 1953-

Title Father of the Tuskegee airmen, John C. Robinson / Phillip Thomas Tucker.

Publication Info. Washington, D.C. : Potomac Books, Inc., [2011]
©2011

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Edition 1st ed.
Description 1 online resource (xiv, 329 pages) : illustrations
Physical Medium polychrome
Description text file
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.
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Subject Robinson, John Charles, 1903-1954.
Robinson, John Charles, 1903-1954.
Robinson, John Charles, 1903-1954.
African American air pilots -- Biography.
African American air pilots.
Genre/Form Biographies.
Subject African American fighter pilots -- Biography.
African American fighter pilots.
Italo-Ethiopian War, 1935-1936 -- Aerial operations, Ethiopian.
Italo-Ethiopian War (1935-1936)
Italo-Ethiopian War, 1935-1936 -- Participation, American.
Air pilots -- United States -- Biography.
Air pilots.
United States.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Electronic books.
Biographies.
Added Title John C. Robinson
Other Form: Print version: Tucker, Phillip Thomas, 1953- Father of the Tuskegee airmen, John C. Robinson. 1st ed. Washington, D.C. : Potomac Books, Inc., ©2011 9781597974875 (DLC) 2011041711 (OCoLC)752678328
ISBN 9781597976060 (electronic book)
1597976067 (electronic book)
9781597974875
1597974870