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Father of the Tuskegee airmen, John C. Robinson
- Title
- Father of the Tuskegee airmen, John C. Robinson / Phillip Thomas Tucker.
- Author
- Tucker, Phillip Thomas, 1953-
- Publication
- Washington, D.C. : Potomac Books, Inc., c2012.
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- Description
- xiv, 329 p. : ill.; 23 cm.
- Summary
- Across black America during the golden age of aviation, John C. Robinson was widely acclaimed as the long-awaited "black Lindbergh." Robinson's fame, which rivaled that of Joe Louis and Jesse Owens, came primarily from his wartime role as the commander of the Imperial Ethiopian Air Force after Italy invaded Ethiopia in 1935. As the only African American who served during the war's entirety, the Mississippi-born Robinson garnered widespread recognition, sparking an interest in aviation among young black men and women.
- Known as the Brown Condor of Ethiopia, Robinson provided a symbolic moral example to an entire generation of African Americans. While white America remained isolationist, he fought on his own initiative against the march of fascism to protect Africa's only independent black nation. Robinson's wartime role in Ethiopia made him America's foremost black aviator.
- Robinson made other important contributions that predated the Italo-Ethiopian War. After graduating from Tuskegee Institute, Robinson led the way in breaking racial barriers in Chicago, becoming the first black student and then teacher at one of the most prestigious aeronautical schools in the United States, the Curtiss-Wright Aeronautical School. In May 1934 Robinson first planted the seed for the establishment of an aviation school at Tuskegee. While Robinson's involvement with Tuskegee was only a small part of his overall contribution to opening the door for blacks in aviation, the success of the Tuskegee Airmen-the first African American military aviators in the U.S. armed forces - is one of the most recognized achievements in twentieth-century African American history --Book Jacket.
- Alternative Title
- John C. Robinson
- Subjects
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 309-320) and index.
- Contents
- A rare beacon of hope, Gulfport -- Turning point: Tuskegee Institute and going north -- Breaking down more racial barriers -- Twin dreams: Tuskegee and Ethiopia -- Commanding Emperor Selassie's Imperial Ethiopian Air Force -- Fascist invasion of Ethiopia -- The gods of war turn against Ethiopia -- Returning a war hero -- Aviation visions burn brightly -- The winds of World War -- Epilogue.
- Call Number
- Sc E 13-355
- ISBN
- 9781597974875
- 1597974870
- 9781597976060 (ebk.)
- 1597976067 (ebk.)
- LCCN
- 2011041711
- OCLC
- 752678328
- Author
- Tucker, Phillip Thomas, 1953-
- Title
- Father of the Tuskegee airmen, John C. Robinson / Phillip Thomas Tucker.
- Imprint
- Washington, D.C. : Potomac Books, Inc., c2012.
- Edition
- 1st ed.
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 309-320) and index.
- Research Call Number
- Sc E 13-355