Black Knights: The Story of the Tuskegee Airmen
Sign in to keep track of books you’ve read and want to read.
What became known as the Tuskegee Experience began in 1931 with a letter from the head of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People to the War Department asking that blacks be allowed to join the military. The efforts of early African American aviators, the struggle of organizations and individuals against the military's segregation policies, and the hard work of thousands of young men and women, military and civilian, black and white, all combined to make the Tuskegee Airmen an important but often overlooked part of America's military history.
Read more
Through fascinating interviews with veterans and historical photographs, Black Knights is the story of the men and women who served in the training program at Tuskegee Army Air Field from 1941 to 1946. The pilots' stories are here, but so are the experiences of the mechanics, band members, armorers, staff officers, nurses, and more that proved that they had courage and perseverance, not only in war, but in peacetime as well.
Liked Black Knights: The Story of the Tuskegee Airmen? Here’s where I’d start.
These suit anyone who liked Black Knights: The Story of the Tuskegee Airmen. Sign in and mark a few books for picks shaped around your own taste.
-
The Luftwaffe War Diaries: The German Air Force in World War II Shares military, aviation, history -
Winged Victory: The Army Air Forces in World War II Shares military, aviation, history -
JG 26: Top Guns of the Luftwaffe Shares military, history, aviation -
The Right of the Line: The Royal Air Force 1939-45 Shares aviation, military history, military
