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ISBN: 1560983418
During the 1930s a prominent black entrepreneur and pilot named William J. Powell urged blacks to acquire the skills to become pilots, mechanics, and aviation business leaders, so that th… Más…
ISBN: 9781560983415
In this thinly disguised autobiography -- reissued after six decades of obscurity -- William J. Powell chronicles the formative part of his career in aviation and presents his efforts to … Más…
ISBN: 9781560983415
In this thinly disguised autobiography -- reissued after six decades of obscurity -- William J. Powell chronicles the formative part of his career in aviation and presents his efforts to … Más…
ISBN: 1560983418
Black Aviator : The Story of William J. Powell african-american and black,biographies,ethnic and national,science and math,technology African-American & Black, Smithsonian Institution Press
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Powell shared his vision of black advancement in his thinly disguised 1934 autobiography, Black Wings, now reissued as Black Aviator after six decades of obscurity. Containing new photographs and historical information on Powell's life and times (1899-1942), the book chronicles the formative part of Powell's career in aviation through the fictional personality of "Bill Brown." The narrative begins with Powell's first airplane ride in Paris in 1927 (three months after Charles Lindbergh crossed the Atlantic) and then moves to Los Angeles, where he pursued his career in aviation full time.
Powell worked tirelessly to promote black awareness of aviation, recruiting Duke Ellington, Joe Louis, and other prominent figures as sponsors. Black Aviator recounts how he founded the Bessie Coleman Aero Club to promote flying within the black community, sponsored record-breaking flights, and organized air shows. Powell provides vivid portrayals of early black pilots such as Hubert Fauntleroy Julian, James Herman Banning, and C. Alfred Anderson.
Based on real events and individuals, Bill Brown's story describes how black pilots first broke into aviation in the Depression years. An introductory essay by Von Hardesty places Powell's life and work in the larger context of American social history.
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EAN (ISBN-13): 9781560983415
ISBN (ISBN-10): 1560983418
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Año de publicación: 1994
Editorial: Smithsonian Institution Press
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ISBN/EAN: 1560983418
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1-56098-341-8, 978-1-56098-341-5
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Autor del libro: hardesty, william powell
Título del libro: history aviation, william powell, spaceflight, aviator, aviation aviators
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