Storming the Heavens: African Americans and the Early Fight for the Right to Fly - Paperback
by Gerald Horne
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Language:EnglishPublisher:Black Classic PressISBN-13:9781574781519ISBN-10:1574781510UPC:9781574781519Book Category:History, TransportationBook Subcategory:African American & Black, Aviation, MilitaryBook Topic:History, Aviation & SpaceSize:8.90 x 5.90 x 0.70 inchesWeight:0.9017Product ID:SC5BBEJSGQ
Storming the Heavens: African Americans and the Early Fight for the Right to Fly
The recent Hollywood film Hidden Figures presents a portrait of how African-American women shaped the U.S. effort in aerospace during the height of Jim Crow. In Storming the Heavens, Gerald Horne presents the necessary back story to this story and goes further to detail the earlier struggle of African-Americans to gain the right to fly. This struggle involved pioneers like Bessie Coleman, who...
Language:EnglishPublisher:Black Classic PressISBN-13:9781574781519ISBN-10:1574781510UPC:9781574781519Book Category:History, TransportationBook Subcategory:African American & Black, Aviation, MilitaryBook Topic:History, Aviation & SpaceSize:8.90 x 5.90 x 0.70 inchesWeight:0.9017Product ID:SC5BBEJSGQ
Horne, Gerald: - Dr. Gerald Horne holds the John J. and Rebecca Moores Chair of History and African American Studies. His research has addressed issues of racism in a variety of relations involving labor, politics, civil rights, international relations and war. He has also written extensively about the film industry. Dr. Horne received his Ph.D. in history from Columbia University and his J.D....
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