Distinguished African Americans in Aviation and Space Science

Subjects:

• Multicultural Studies » Black Studies
• Science » Aeronautics/Astronomy

Reviews:

• Librarians Gubert, Sawyer, and Fannin contribute the first biographical dictionary of African Americans in aviation and space science to Oryx's "Distinguished African American Series."...Highly recommended for all libraries; a great desk reference for individual in aviation and aeronautics.
  —CHOICE September 2002
• This well-researched and unique edition, which the authors claim is the first biographical dictionary of this scope and content, chronicles the lives and career achievements of 100 African-American pilots, astronauts, engineers, scientists, and flight attendants. Also included are the World War II Tuskegee Airmen...Recommended for public and school libraries.
  —MultiCultural Review September 2002
• Public and school libraries should not hesitate to add this title to their collections and to suggest to young customers that as important as the civil rights figures are, there are other African Americans who have made history.
  —Booklist/RBB July 2002
• This book is recommended for high school and college libraries, public libraries, and for libraries with special African-American collections.
  —E-Streams September 2002

Table of Contents:

• Preface
• Introduction
• Profiles
• Allen, George W.
• Allen, Thomas C.
• Anderson, C. Alfred
• Archer, Lee A., Jr.
• Banning, J. Herman
• Barnett, Earsly
• Barnett, F. Carl
• Bluford, Guion S., Jr.
• Bolden, Charles F., Jr.
• Bostic, Ruby L.
• Bragg, Janet Harmon Waterford
• Brown, Jesse Leroy
• Brown, Jill E.
• Brown, Roscoe C., Jr.
• Brown, Willa
• Brown, William E., Jr.
• Bullard, Eugene Jacques
• Burns, Isham A. "Rusty"
• Cagle, Yvonne
• Carruthers, George R.
• Cherry, Fred V.
• Coffey, Cornelius
• Coleman, Bessie
• Cowings, Patricia S.
• Crockett, Woodrow W.
• Curbeam, Robert L., Jr.
• Custis, Lemuel R.
• Darby, Dorothy
• Darden, Christine Mann
• Davis, A. Porter
• Davis, Benjamin O., Jr.
• DeBow, Charles H., Jr.
• Deiz, Robert W.
• Driver, Elwood T.
• Dryden, Charles W.
• Dwight, Edward J., Jr.
• Ericsson-Jackson, Aprille
• Esquerre, Jean R.
• Forsythe, Albert E.
• Freeman, Louis L.
• Gibbs, Edward A.
• Gillam, Isaac T., IV
• Gomer, Joseph P.
• Goodman, Robert O., Jr.
• Green, Marlon D.
• Greene, John W., Jr.
• Gregory, Fredrick Drew
• Hall, Charles B.
• Harris, Bernard A., Jr.
• Harris, David E.
• Harris, Marcelite J.
• Harris, Wesley L.
• Haynes, Joseph H.
• Hollis, Michael R.
• Hutcherson, Fred, Jr.
• Jackman, Melva
• Jackson, Lewis A.
• James, Daniel "Chappie," Jr.
• Jemison, Mae C.
• Jones, Willie "Suicide"
• Julian, Hubert F.
• Knighten, James B.
• LaGrone, Roy E.
• Lawrence, Robert H., Jr.
• Lester, Clarence D.
• Loving, Neal V.
• Marchbanks, Vance H., Jr.
• Martin, August
• McIntyre, Dorothy Layne
• McNair, Ronald E.
• Morris, Leslie A.
• Nash, Grover C.
• Newton, Lloyd W. "Fig"
• Ng, Marcella A.
• Norwood, William R.
• Peck, James L.H.
• Petersen, Frank E., Jr.
• Plinton, James O., Jr.
• Powell, William J.
• Pruitt, Wendell O.
• Purnell, Louis R.
• Roberts, George S., Sr.
• Robinson, Brenda E.
• Robinson, John C.
• Robinson, Ted W.
• Ross, Mac
• Smith-Dunn, Ida Van
• Spencer, Chauncey
• Stovall, Emmett
• Taylor, Carol
• Terry, Roger C.
• Tilmon, James A., Sr.
• Tyus, Shirley
• Washington, Patrice Clarke
• Watson, Douglas C.
• Watson, George, Sr.
• Wheeler, Warren H.
• Whitehead, John L., Jr.
• Williams, Oswald S., Jr.
• Young, Perry H., Jr.
• Bibliography
• Index

PDF Catalogs:

Sale Catalog 2008.pdf