AMERICAN WINGS: Chicago's Pioneering Black Aviators and the Race for Equality in the Sky

Follows a group of determined Black Americans: Cornelius Coffey and Johnny Robinson, skilled auto mechanics; Janet Harmon Bragg, a nurse; and Willa Brown, a teacher and social worker. Together, they created a flying club and built their own airfield south of Chicago. They established a school to train new pilots, teaching both Black and White students. Illus.