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
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.
"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
?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 book is recommended for high school and college libraries,
public libraries, and for libraries with special African-American
collections.?-E-Streams
?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
"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 book is recommended for high school and college libraries,
public libraries, and for libraries with special African-American
collections."-E-Streams
"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
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