American Wings by Sherri L. Smith & Elizabeth Wein US Navy and the lunar module on

and the lunar module on a clover shaped background

5 3/4" x 6" x 2 1/4" when built

the Europeans had already deployed their third generation of fighters

And it would all happen at Christmas

Taped neck and shoulders

American Wings by Sherri L. Smith & Elizabeth Wein US Navy and the lunar module onIn 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