This history is as lively as its subject, clarifying the genealogy of the successive rebellions that marked the unfolding of modernism." -- "New Yorker
Another jewel in the growing literature about African-American contributions to aviation has arrived with the release of Double V: The Civil Rights Struggle of the Tuskegee Airmen. Thoroughly researched and punctuated with absorbing personal vignettes, the book is far more than a rehash of the struggles and triumphs of the famed black pilots and crewmen who served in the U.S. Army Air Forces during World War II.... This book is a valuable refe...