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9781591148524
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Jesse Leroy Brown was born in 1926 to sharecroppers in the segregated South. An outstanding student and top athlete, he set his sights on becoming a Navy pilot despite the resistance of his family and the rampant Jim Crow laws. Brown went on to become the first black man to fly a Navy fighter and make a carrier landing. Based on archival documents and interviews with those who knew Brown, this is both a stirring story of a man breaking historic racial barriers and a thrilling tale of naval carrier aviation and combat.
- Format: TradePaperback
- Author: Taylor, Theodore
- ISBN: 9781591148524
- Condition: Used
- Dimensions: 8.88 x 0.84
- Number Of Pages: 320
- Publication Year: 2007