American Wings: Chicago's Pioneering Black Aviators and the Race for Equality in the Sky AptifyID2675708 Fort had escaped Nashville’s debutante

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American Wings: Chicago's Pioneering Black Aviators and the Race for Equality in the Sky AptifyID2675708 Fort had escaped Nashville’s debutanteFrom the acclaimed author of Flygirl and the bestselling author of Code Name Verity comes the thrilling and inspiring true story of the desegregation of the skies. In the years between World War I and World War II, aviation fever was everywhere, including among Black Americans. But what hope did a Black person have of learning to fly in a country constricted by prejudice and Jim Crow laws, where some previous Black aviators like Bessie Coleman had to