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African American air pilots African American fighter pilots France Biography Bullard, Eugene Jacques 1895-1961 Fighter pilots France Biography Race discrimination United States History 20th century Race discrimination United States History 20th century Comic books, strips, etc Racism against Black people Comic books, strips, etc World War, 1914-1918 France Aerial operations World War, 1939-1945 Comic books, strips, etc World War, 1939-1945 France Aerial operationsWimberly, Ronald
Summary: "A soaring graphic biography that casts new light on the first African-American fighter pilot. On the eve of World War I, Eugene Bullard was a refugee of the Jim Crow South who was determined to find a place where a Black man would be treated as a fellow human being. His search took him from rural Georgia to the streets of Paris, from the vaudeville stage to the boxing ring, and finally, from...
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Publisher / Publication Date: First Second 2023
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Summary: The incredible life story of Eugene Bullard, the first African American military pilot in WWI, who went on to become a self-taught jazz musician, a Paris nightclub impresario, a spy in the French Resistance and an American civil rights pioneer. Eugene Bullard lived one of the most fascinating lives of the twentieth century. The son of a former slave and an indigenous Creek woman, Bullard fled...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Hanover Square Press 2019