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9781591148524

Flight of Jesse Leroy Brown

Flight of Jesse Leroy Brown
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  • ISBN-13: 9781591148524
  • ISBN: 1591148529
  • Publication Date: 2007
  • Publisher: Naval Institute Press

AUTHOR

Taylor, Theodore

SUMMARY

Jesse Leroy Brown was raised in the segregated South by a hard-working, loving family who instilled values of dignity, education, and perseverance. A star athlete and an outstanding student, he was determined to become a Navy pilot, although such a thing was unheard of for a black man in the 1940s. Undeterred, he entered Ohio State University, rather than a black college, and was able to qualify for the Navy reserve and was accepted into the Naval Air Training School at Glenview, Illinois. Despite racism, and open hostility by many of his superior officers, he finally reached his goal, flying a Navy fighter plane and landing it on a carrier -- the first African-American ever to do so.Taylor, Theodore is the author of 'Flight of Jesse Leroy Brown ', published 2007 under ISBN 9781591148524 and ISBN 1591148529.

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