LEADER 05223oam 2200817 a 450 001 9910792435203321 005 20231004175115.0 010 $a0-19-974188-3 035 $a(CKB)2670000000013975 035 $a(MH)012345526-X 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000360286 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12117036 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000360286 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10326412 035 $a(PQKB)11120239 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC497589 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000013975 100 $a20090819d2010 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aFreedom flyers $ethe Tuskegee Airmen of World War II /$fJ. Todd Moye 210 $aNew York $cOxford University Press$d2010 215 $a1 online resource (vii, 241 p. [8] p. of plates) $cill 225 1 $aOxford oral history series 300 $aBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph 311 0 $a0-19-989655-0 311 0 $a0-19-538655-8 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 191-231) and index. 327 $aPrologue: "This is where you ride" -- The use of Negro manpower in war -- The Black Eagles take flight -- The experiment -- Combat on several fronts -- The trials of the 477th -- Integrating the Air Force -- Epilogue: "Let's make it a holy crusade all around". 330 $aFrom the Publisher: As the country's first African American military pilots, the Tuskegee Airmen fought in World War II on two fronts: against the Axis powers in the skies over Europe and against Jim Crow racism and segregation at home. Although the pilots flew more than 15,000 sorties and destroyed more than 200 German aircraft, their most far-reaching achievement defies quantification: delivering a powerful blow to racial inequality and discrimination in American life. In this inspiring account of the Tuskegee Airmen, historian J. Todd Moye captures the challenges and triumphs of these brave pilots in their own words, drawing on more than 800 interviews recorded for the National Park Service's Tuskegee Airmen Oral History Project. Denied the right to fully participate in the U.S. war effort alongside whites at the beginning of World War II, African Americans--spurred on by black newspapers and civil rights organizations such as the NAACP--compelled the prestigious Army Air Corps to open its training programs to black pilots, despite the objections of its top generals. Thousands of young men came from every part of the country to Tuskegee, Alabama, in the heart of the segregated South, to enter the program, which expanded in 1943 to train multi-engine bomber pilots in addition to fighter pilots. By the end of the war, Tuskegee Airfield had become a small city populated by black mechanics, parachute packers, doctors, and nurses. Together, they helped prove that racial segregation of the fighting forces was so inefficient as to be counterproductive to the nation's defense. Freedom Flyers brings to life the legacy of a determined, visionary cadre of African American airmen who proved their capabilities and patriotism beyond question, transformed the armed forces-formerly the nation's most racially polarized institution-and jump-started the modern struggle for racial equality. 410 0$aOxford oral history series. 606 $aWorld War, 1939-1945$xAerial operations, American 606 $aWorld War, 1939-1945$xRegimental histories$zUnited States 606 $aWorld War, 1939-1945$xCampaigns$zEurope 606 $aWorld War, 1939-1945$xParticipation, African American 606 $aAfrican American air pilots$xHistory 606 $aWorld War, 1939-1945$xAerial operations, American$zUnited States 606 $aWorld War, 1939-1945$xRegimental histories$zEurope 606 $aWorld War, 1939-1945$xCampaigns 606 $aWorld War, 1939-1945$xParticipation, African American 606 $aAfrican American air pilots$xHistory 608 $aHistory.$2fast 615 0$aWorld War, 1939-1945$xAerial operations, American. 615 0$aWorld War, 1939-1945$xRegimental histories 615 0$aWorld War, 1939-1945$xCampaigns 615 0$aWorld War, 1939-1945$xParticipation, African American. 615 0$aAfrican American air pilots$xHistory. 615 0$aWorld War, 1939-1945$xAerial operations, American 615 0$aWorld War, 1939-1945$xRegimental histories 615 0$aWorld War, 1939-1945$xCampaigns 615 0$aWorld War, 1939-1945$xParticipation, African American 615 0$aAfrican American air pilots$xHistory 676 $a940.54/4973 700 $aMoye$b J. Todd$01556206 801 0$bDLC 801 1$bDLC 801 2$bYDX 801 2$bIH7 801 2$bJAI 801 2$bUKM 801 2$bCDX 801 2$bYDXCP 801 2$bORX 801 2$bBWX 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910792435203321 996 $aFreedom flyers$93818727 997 $aUNINA 999 $aThis Record contains information from the Harvard Library Bibliographic Dataset, which is provided by the Harvard Library under its Bibliographic Dataset Use Terms and includes data made available by, among others the Library of Congress