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Download History & Resources HISTORY & RESOURCES BOOKS TITLE DATE AUTHOR 20th Century Guide to the Tuskegee Airmen, Air Force Integration, Air University Press and U.S. Air 7/10/2012 Blacks in the Army Air Forces in World War II, Racial Relations Force (USAF) 332nd Fighter Group: Tuskegee Airmen (Aviation Elite Units) 1/30/2007 Chris Bucholtz and Jim Laurier A Killer of Lions: A Novel Based on the Heroic Deeds of the Tuskegee 9/5/2011 Stan Weisleder Airmen A Killer of Lions: A Novel Based on the Heroic Deeds of the Tuskegee 10/11/2011 Stan Weisleder Airmen Charles W. Dryden and Benjamin O. A-Train: Memoirs of a Tuskegee Airman 2/2/2013 Davis Jr Benjamin O. Davis Jr.: Air Force General & Tuskegee Airmen Leader 1/1/2010 Sari Earl and Randy J Garibay (Military Heroes) Black and White Airmen: Their True History 6/18/2007 John Fleischman Black Knights: The Story of the Tuskegee Airmen 7/9/2014 Lynn Homan and Thomas Reilly Caribbean Volunteers at War: The Forgotten Story of the RAF's 'Tus- 10/19/2014 Mark Johnson kegee Airmen' Deadly Sky: The American Combat Airman in World War II 8/2/2016 John C. McManus Lawrence P. Scott and William M. Double V: The Civil Rights Struggle of the Tuskegee Airmen 12/31/1998 Womack Stewart Bryant Gandy and Stewart Down on the Ground 1/19/2013 Wayne Gandy Father of the Tuskegee Airmen, John C. Robinson 2/1/2012 Philip Thomas Tucker Father of the Tuskegee Airmen, John C. Robinson 2/28/2012 Phillip Thomas Tucker Freedom Flyers: The Tuskegee Airmen of World War II 2/16/2012 J.Todd Moye Freedom Flyers: The Tuskegee Airmen of World War II 1/30/1905 J Todd Moye Freedom Flyers: The Tuskegee Airmen of World War II | Audiobook 5/10/2016 J Todd Moye and Brandon Massey From Segregation to Integration [Ilustrated]: The Official US Air 4/8/2016 Alan M Osur and Alan L Gropman Force Histories of African-American Flyers From the Tuskegee I Can Do Anything: Lessons I Learned from the Tuskegee Airmen 5/15/2012 Jordan Bryson Illustrated Black Aviation, Vol. II: The Siver Age of Black Aviation 5/30/2016 Guy Franklin and Chris Hopkins Lonely Eagles: The Story of America's Black Air Force (Tuskegee 1/1/1982 Robert A. Rose Airmen) in World War II National Park Service, U.S. Depart- Moton Field/Tuskegee Airmen Special Resource Study 6/1/2013 ment of the Interior My Story, My Song - Mother-Daughter Reflections on Life and Faith 2/28/2012 Missy Buchanan and Robin Roberts 1 BOOKS (CONTINUED, PG2) TITLE DATE AUTHOR Red Tail Captured, Red Tail Free: Memoirs of a Tuskegee Airman Alexander Jefferson and Lewis H. 4/1/2005 and POW Carlson Red Tails: An Oral History of the Tuskegee Airmen 1/17/2012 John B. Holway Red Tails: An Oral History of the Tuskegee Airmen (Dover Military 12/20/2011 John B. Holway History, Weapons, Armor) Red Tails: The Tuskegee Airmen and Operation Halyard: An All-New 7/5/2011 Gregory A. Freeman Update for The Forgotten 500 Patricia C. McKissack and Fredrick Red-Tail Angels: The Story of the Tuskegee Airmen of World War II 1/1/1996 L. McKissack The Forgotten 500: The Untold Story of the Men Who Risked All for 9/2/2008 Gregory A. Freeman the Greatest Rescue Mission of World War II The Red Tails: World War II's Tuskegee Airmen 9/1/2000 Steven L Jones M.D The Tuskegee Airmen 9/1/1964 Philip Brooks The Tuskegee Airmen (Cornerstones of Freedom) 3/1/2001 Linda George and Charles George The Tuskegee Airmen (Heroes of Black History) 8/1/2015 John M Shea The Tuskegee Airmen (Journey to Freedom (Child's World)) 1/1/2009 Sarah E. De Capua The Tuskegee Airmen (We the People: Modern America) 9/1/2004 Philip Brooks The Tuskegee Airmen (What's So Great About...?) 12/17/2009 Tamra Orr The Tuskegee Airmen and Beyond: The Road to Equality 7/1/2013 David G. Styles The Tuskegee Airmen and the "Never Lost a Bomber" Myth 6/1/2011 Daniel Haulman The Tuskegee Airmen Mutiny at Freeman Field 1/1/1998 James C. Warren Alan L Gropman and James R. The Tuskegee Airmen Mutiny at Freeman Field 11/9/2011 Soladay The Tuskegee Airmen Story 9/30/2002 Lynn Homan and Thomas Reilly The Tuskegee Airmen Story: The Success Of The Tuskegee 1/15/2013 Scott Slaughter Experiment The Tuskegee Airmen UFO Connection: The Rest of the Story 2/10/2014 Guy Franklin The Tuskegee Airmen( An Illustrated History( 1939-1949) 5/31/2011 JosephCaver The Tuskegee Airmen: A Step Into History 1/1/2003 Godwin Chu The Tuskegee Airmen: An Illustrated History: 1939-1949 4/1/2011 Joseph Caver and Jerome Ennels+ The Tuskegee Airmen: Black Heroes of World War II 1/1/1996 Jacqueline L. Harris The Tuskegee Airmen: Freedom Flyers of World War II (Military 8/1/2015 Brynn Baker Heroes) The Tuskegee Airmen: The History and Legacy of America’s First 8/11/2015 Charles River Editors Black Fighter Pilots in World War II The Tuskegee Airmen: The Men Who Changed a Nation 10/10/2008 Charles E. Francis and Adolph Caso The Tuskegee Airmen: The Verdict in Vegas 3/12/2014 Tammy L. Smith and Susan G. Robinson 2 BOOKS (CONTINUED, PG3) TITLE DATE AUTHOR The Tuskegee Aviation Experiment and Tuskegee Airmen 1939- 1/1/1996 Le Roy Gillead 1949: Comprehensive Account of America's Black Air Force Tuskegee Airman: The Biography of Charles E. McGee, Air Force 6/1/1999 Smith, Charleen E. Mcgee, Ph.D. Fighter Combat Record Holder Tuskegee Airmen 11/27/1998 Lynn M. Homan and Thomas Reilly TUSKEGEE AIRMEN -- To the Moon, Mars and Beyond: (Secrets 7/6/2011 Ben "Flaps" Berry Revealed) Tuskegee Airmen (Am Mos) (American Mosaic: African-American 3/1/2003 Judy L. Hasday Contributions) Tuskegee Airmen (Essential Library of World War II) 9/1/2015 Christine Zuchora-Walske Tuskegee Airmen (Fact or Fiction?) 7/30/2015 Tammy Gagne Tuskegee Airmen (Landmarks of the American Mosaic) 8/17/2011 Barry M. Stentiford Tuskegee Airmen (Red Rhino Nonfiction) 9/2/2015 John Perritano Tuskegee Airmen (Turtleback School & Library Binding Edition) 10/15/2015 Stan Weisleder Kenneth Rapier and Chicago DODO Tuskegee Airmen 1941-1945 6/7/2013 Chapter Tuskegee Airmen Tuskegee Airmen Chronology 11/24/2015 U.S. Air Force Tuskegee Airmen Questions and Answers for Students and 2/16/2015 Daniel Haulman Teachers Tuskegee Airmen The Men Who Changed A Nation 1/28/2011 Charles E. Francis and Adolph Caso Tuskegee Airmen, (The), 6th Edition Large format: The Men Who 3/11/2016 Charles E. Francis Changed A Nation Tuskegee Airmen: American Heroes 8/31/2002 Lynn M. Homan and Thomas Reilly Tuskegee Airmen: Heroes in Flight for Dignity Inclusion & 6/1/1994 Ann C. Howell Citizenship Rights Tuskegee Airmen: The Story of the Negro in the U. S. Air Force 12/1/1991 Charles E. Francis Tuskegee's Heroes: Featuring the Aviation Art of Roy Lagrone 9/1/1996 Charlie Cooper and Ann Cooper Victory: Tales of a Tuskegee Airman 8/27/2016 Les Williams and Penny L. Williams What Hollywood Got Right and Wrong about the Tuskegee Airmen 1/19/2012 Daniel Haulman in the Great New Movie, Red Tails Wind Flyers 10/29/2013 Angela Johnson and Loren Long Carole Boston Weatherford and You Can Fly: The Tuskegee Airmen 5/3/2016 Jeffery Boston Weatherford Heroes in War -- Heroes at Home: First Top Guns 1/1/2011 Zellie Rainey Orr To Fill the Skies with Pilots: The Civilian Pilot Training Program, 6/3/2014 Dominick A. Pisano (Author)/ 1939-1946 Smithsonian Institution Scholarly Press (June 3, 2014) To Fill the Skies with Pilots: The Civilian Pilot Training Program, 7/1/1993 Dominick A. Pisano (Author)/ 1939-1947 University of Illinois Press (July 1, 1993) Two Hundred Thousand Flyers,: the Story of the Civilian AAF Pilot 4/28/1905 Willard Weiner Training Program The Infantry Journal; First Edition edition (1945) 3 HISTORY & RESOURCES EDUCATIONAL TITLE DATE AUTHOR Harcourt Social Studies: On-Level Reader Tuskegee Airmen 11/1/2005 HARCOURT SCHOOL PUBLISHERS Harcourt Social Studies: Reader 6-pack On-Level Grade 6 The 11/1/2005 HARCOURT SCHOOL PUBLISHERS Tuskegee Airmen BOOK TREKS IF WE HAD WINGS: THE STORY OF THE TUSKEGEE AIRMEN 12/15/2001 Celebration Press LEVEL 5 Timeline Tykes - The Children's Illustrated View of World History: 8/6/2014 Troy Jones Tuskegee Airmen Blazing A Historical Trail African American Legends for Little Learners 1/12/2016 Marlena Nkene History of the Tuskegee Army Flying School http://lestweforget.hamptonu.edu/ page.cfm?uuid=9FEC431B-FA1A- 28B3-BE92226590C93E67 Wallace P. Reed and the Tuskegee weather detachment, ca. 1944 https://www.blackhistory.mit.edu/ archive/wallace-p-reed-and- tuskegee-weather-detachment- ca-1944 Lesson Plan The Tuskegee Weathermen: African-American https://www.aip.org/sites/default/ Meteorologists during World War II files/history/teaching-guides/ tuskeegee-weathermen/The%20 Tuskegee%20weathermen_ Lesson%20Plan.pdf Tuskegee (Weather) Airmen:black Meteorologistsin World War http://fliphtml5.com/rapi/diqx/ II/20 AIR POWER History SUMMER 2006 basic Tuskegee (Weather) Airmen:black Meteorologistsin World War https://www.thefreelibrary.com/ II/20 AIR POWER History SUMMER 2006 Air Force Weather Historian, Autumn 2004 http://www.airweaassn.org/afw_ historian/AFW%20Historian%20 Newsletter%202-4.pdf 4 HISTORY & RESOURCES MOVIES & AUDIO MOVIES DATE AUTHOR Starring: Laurence Fishburne, Allen Payne, et The Tuskegee Airmen 1995 al.;Directed by: Robert Markowitz, Runtime: 1 hr 46 mins Starring: Pennsylvania Veterans Museum Presents on Freedom's Wings Luther H.
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