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Flight of Jesse Leroy Brown (Blue Jacket Books) (Blue Jacket Books)

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Author Theodore Taylor

Format Paperback

Publisher Naval Inst Pr

Category World War 2

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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.

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Theodore Taylor

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Release Date: 2007-02-15
Publisher: Naval Inst Pr
Format: Paperback
ISBN: 9781591148524

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Flight of Jesse Leroy Brown (Blue Jacket Books) (Blue Jacket Books)

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