02288cam a2200397 i 4500 623589950 TxAuBib 20190122120000.0 180511s2018||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2018022763 9780399541940 paperback 0399541942 paperback 9781524786748 hardcover 1524786748 hardcover (OCoLC)1011625227 DLC DLC eng eng rda rda DLC rda OCLCO rda DLC OCLCF ON8 IUK UAP VHP QQ3 TXWVL TxAuBib OCLCO OCLCF ON8 IUK UAP VHP QQ3 TXWVL TxAuBib rda Smith, Sherri L., author. Who Were the Tuskegee Airmen : By Sherri L. Smith ; illustrated by Jake Murray. New York : Penguin Workshop, an imprint of Penguin Random House, [2018] 108 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier Includes bibliographical references. "During World War II, black Americans were fighting for their country and for freedom in Europe, yet they had to endure a totally segregated military in the United States, where they weren't considered smart enough to become military pilots. After acquiring government funding for aviation training, civil rights activists were able to kick start the first African American military flight program in the US at Tuskegee University in Alabama. While this book details thrilling flight missions and the grueling training sessions the Tuskegee Airmen underwent, it also shines a light on the lives of these brave men who helped pave the way for the integration of the US armed forces." -- Amazon.com. 840L Lexile. Accelerated Reader AR MG 5.5 1 197753. 20190122. In memory of Bobby Wayne Huggins;. United States Army Air Forces Fighter Squadron, 99th History. African American air pilots History Juvenile literature. African American air pilots Biography Juvenile literature. Biographies. lcgft Murray, Jake, illustrator. TXKPL