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Author:   Betty Kaplan Gubert ,  Miriam Sawyer ,  Caroline M. Fannin
Publisher:   Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Imprint:   Greenwood Press
Edition:   Annotated edition
Dimensions:   Width: 17.80cm , Height: 2.00cm , Length: 25.40cm
Weight:   0.804kg
ISBN:  

9781573562461

ISBN 10:   1573562467
Pages:   336
Publication Date:   30 October 2001
Recommended Age:   From 7 to 17 years
Audience:   General/trade ,  Professional and scholarly ,  General ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Manufactured on demand  
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Table of Contents

"Preface Introduction Profiles Allen, George W. Allen, Thomas C. Anderson, C. Alfred Archer, Lee A., Jr. Banning, J. Herman Barnett, Earsly Barnett, F. Carl Bluford, Guion S., Jr. Bolden, Charles F., Jr. Bostic, Ruby L. Bragg, Janet Harmon Waterford Brown, Jesse Leroy Brown, Jill E. Brown, Roscoe C., Jr. Brown, Willa Brown, William E., Jr. Bullard, Eugene Jacques Burns, Isham A. ""Rusty"" Cagle, Yvonne Carruthers, George R. Cherry, Fred V. Coffey, Cornelius Coleman, Bessie Cowings, Patricia S. Crockett, Woodrow W. Curbeam, Robert L., Jr. Custis, Lemuel R. Darby, Dorothy Darden, Christine Mann Davis, A. Porter Davis, Benjamin O., Jr. DeBow, Charles H., Jr. Deiz, Robert W. Driver, Elwood T. Dryden, Charles W. Dwight, Edward J., Jr. Ericsson-Jackson, Aprille Esquerre, Jean R. Forsythe, Albert E. Freeman, Louis L. Gibbs, Edward A. Gillam, Isaac T., IV Gomer, Joseph P. Goodman, Robert O., Jr. Green, Marlon D. Greene, John W., Jr. Gregory, Fredrick Drew Hall, Charles B. Harris, Bernard A., Jr. Harris, David E. Harris, Marcelite J. Harris, Wesley L. Haynes, Joseph H. Hollis, Michael R. Hutcherson, Fred, Jr. Jackman, Melva Jackson, Lewis A. James, Daniel ""Chappie,"" Jr. Jemison, Mae C. Jones, Willie ""Suicide"" Julian, Hubert F. Knighten, James B. LaGrone, Roy E. Lawrence, Robert H., Jr. Lester, Clarence D. Loving, Neal V. Marchbanks, Vance H., Jr. Martin, August McIntyre, Dorothy Layne McNair, Ronald E. Morris, Leslie A. Nash, Grover C. Newton, Lloyd W. ""Fig"" Ng, Marcella A. Norwood, William R. Peck, James L.H. Petersen, Frank E., Jr. Plinton, James O., Jr. Powell, William J. Pruitt, Wendell O. Purnell, Louis R. Roberts, George S., Sr. Robinson, Brenda E. Robinson, John C. Robinson, Ted W. Ross, Mac Smith-Dunn, Ida Van Spencer, Chauncey Stovall, Emmett Taylor, Carol Terry, Roger C. Tilmon, James A., Sr. Tyus, Shirley Washington, Patrice Clarke Watson, Douglas C. Watson, George, Sr. Wheeler, Warren H. Whitehead, John L., Jr. Williams, Oswald S., Jr. Young, Perry H., Jr. Bibliography Index"

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This well-researched and unique edition, which the authors claim is the first biographical dictionary of this scope and content, chronicles the lives and career achievements of 100 African-American pilots, astronauts, engineers, scientists, and flight attendants. Also included are the World War II Tuskegee Airmen...Recommended for public and school libraries. -MultiCultural Review This book is recommended for high school and college libraries, public libraries, and for libraries with special African-American collections. -E-Streams Public and school libraries should not hesitate to add this title to their collections and to suggest to young customers that as important as the civil rights figures are, there are other African Americans who have made history. -Booklist/RBB ?This well-researched and unique edition, which the authors claim is the first biographical dictionary of this scope and content, chronicles the lives and career achievements of 100 African-American pilots, astronauts, engineers, scientists, and flight attendants. Also included are the World War II Tuskegee Airmen...Recommended for public and school libraries.?-MultiCultural Review ?This book is recommended for high school and college libraries, public libraries, and for libraries with special African-American collections.?-E-Streams ?Public and school libraries should not hesitate to add this title to their collections and to suggest to young customers that as important as the civil rights figures are, there are other African Americans who have made history.?-Booklist/RBB ?Librarians Gubert, Sawyer, and Fannin contribute the first biographical dictionary of African Americans in aviation and space science to Oryx's Distinguished African American Series..,. Highly recommended for all libraries; a great desk reference for individual in aviation and aeronautics.?-CHOICE Librarians Gubert, Sawyer, and Fannin contribute the first biographical dictionary of African Americans in aviation and space science to Oryx's Distinguished African American Series..,. Highly recommended for all libraries; a great desk reference for individual in aviation and aeronautics. -CHOICE

Librarians Gubert, Sawyer, and Fannin contribute the first biographical dictionary of African Americans in aviation and space science to Oryx's Distinguished African American Series..,. Highly recommended for all libraries; a great desk reference for individual in aviation and aeronautics. -CHOICE

Author Information

BETTY KAPLAN GUBERT is the compiler of Invisible Wings: An Annotated Bibliography on Blacks in Aviation, 1916-1993 (Greenwood 1994), among other bibliographies. Formerly head of reference services at the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, New York Public Library, for 21 years, she is the subject specialist in art for MultiCultural Review, and has had several articles published in such journals as African Arts, American Libraries, Judaica Librarianship, and in scholarly reference works such as American National Biography, Encarta Africana, and the Encyclopedia of New York City. MIRIAM SAWYER is director of the Rutherford Public Library, Rutherford, NJ. She received her B.A. from Ohio University and her MLS from State University of New York at Albany. She has written numerous articles for library publications, and was editor of New Jersey Libraries, the official publication of the New Jersey Library Association, 1994-1996. At present she is a regular reviewer for MultiCultural Review, a periodical published by Greenwood. CAROLINE M. FANNIN is a writer and library administrator. She received a bachelor's degree in writing and literature from Wheaton College, and a master's degree in library service from Rutgers University. Her previous collaborations have covered topics ranging from abortion and capital punishment to the works of Flannery O'Connor.

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