American Wings by Sherri L. Smith & Elizabeth Wein US Navy the son of a Depression-poor

the son of a Depression-poor Kentucky sharecropper

the Europeans had already deployed their third generation of fighters

located in west-central Long Island on both sides of the Nassau-Suffolk County border

And it would all happen at Christmas

Taped neck and shoulders

American Wings by Sherri L. Smith & Elizabeth Wein US Navy the son of a Depression-poorIn 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 Black aviators like Bessie Coleman had to move to France to earn their wings? American Wings follows a group of determined Black Americans: Cornelius Coffey and Johnny Robinson, skilled auto mechanics; Janet Harmon