The Flight of Leroy Brown
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Format
Paperback / Softback
ISBN-10
1591148529
ISBN-13
9781591148524
Publisher
Naval Institute Press
Imprint
Naval Institute Press
Country of Manufacture
US
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Apr 5th, 2007
Print length
320 Pages
Product Classification:
Biography: historical, political & militaryAir forces & warfare
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`A compelling portrait of a quiet hero, of the racial climate between 1926 and 1959, and of the last days of propeller-driven naval aviation.’ - Booklist Jesse Leroy Brown was born in 1926 to sharecroppers in segregated southern USA.
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.
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