Summary
This history in verse celebrates the story of the Tuskegee Airmen: pioneering African-American pilots who triumphed in the skies and past the color barrier. Full description
Summary: |
This history in verse celebrates the story of the Tuskegee Airmen: pioneering African-American pilots who triumphed in the skies and past the color barrier. |
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Item Description: |
Poems. |
Physical Description: |
80 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm |
Audience: |
Middle School 910 Grades 4-6. |
Bibliography: |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 77-78). Includes filmograpgy (pages 79-80). |
ISBN: |
9781481449380 1481449389 9781481449397 1481449397 |
Author Notes: |
Jeffery Boston Weatherford is an award-winning children's book illustrator and a performance poet. He has lectured, performed, and led art and writing workshops in the US, the Middle East, and West Africa. Jeffery was a Romare Bearden Scholar at Howard University, where he earned an MFA in painting and studied under members of the Black Arts Movement collective AfriCobra. A North Carolina native and resident, Jeffery has exhibited his art in North Carolina, Georgia, Maryland, and Washington, DC. Visit him at CBWeatherford.com. |