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Online Resources
http://airandspace.si.edu
The National Air and Space Museum’s web site offers the
teacher guide African American Pioneers in Aviation:
1920-Present as well as free teacher resource materials,
online activities for students, and information about school
tours.
http://www.obap.org
Organization of Black Airline Pilots (OBAP)
Information about OBAP’s goals and programs, and useful
links.
http://www.allstar.fiu.edu/
NASA’s Aeronautics Learning Laboratory for Science Technology
and Research (ALLSTAR). “Encouraging all students, especially
minority students, to study and pursue the Aeronautics discipline.”
Presents a detailed teacher resource guide with lessons on aeronautical
history, principles, and careers.
http://www.allstar.fiu.edu/prime-tech/BIA/NARA.htm
The ALLSTAR Learning Laboratory offers a small collections of
pictures of blacks in aviation from the National Archives and
Records Administration.
http://www.aero-space.nasa.gov/edu/links.htm
NASA Online Resources for Educators.
http://www.tuskegeeairmen.org
The Tuskegee Airmen International site offers a history of the
Tuskegee experience and photographs of the planes the airmen
flew. It also lists local chapters of the organization.
http://www.cr.nps.gov/museum/exhibits/tuskegee
The National Park Service site provides historical information
on individual Tuskegee Airmen, an overview of the program, and
information on this new Park Service site at Tuskegee Institute
that will commemorate the airmen’s experience.
http://raahistory.com
The Real African American Heroes site offers information on
astronauts and other aviators.
http://www.afroam.org/history/tusk/tuskmain.html
The AFRO-America’s Black History Museum site has a section
entitled “The Tuskegee Airmen: The Sky Was the Limit”
which includes information on African American war correspondents
in World War II and on Tuskegee and other African American.
http://www.pbs.org/blackpress/news_bios/courier.html
Visit the PBS web site “The Black Press: Soldiers Without
Swords” to explore the history of four newspapers and to
learn about the men and women who helped shape the history of
the black press. This site also contains “Double V”
information.
Print Resources
BOOKS FOR ADULTS
Astor, G. The Right to Fight: A History of African
Americans in the Military. California: Presidio Press,
1998.
Davis, B. O., Jr. Benjamin O. Davis, Jr., American:
An Autobiography. Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution,
1991.
Hardesty, V., and D. Pisano. Black Wings: The
American Black in Aviation. Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian
Institution, 1983.
Jakeman, R. The Divided Skies: Establishing
Segregated Flight Training at Tuskegee 1934-1942. Alabama:
University of Alabama Press, 1992.
Powell, W. Black Aviator: The Story of William
J. Powell. Edited by V. Hardesty. Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian
Institution, 1994.
Rich, D. Queen Bess: Daredevil Aviator.
Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution, 1993. (This biography
is a good choice for middle school students as well.)
BOOKS FOR STUDENTS
Cooper, M. The Double V Campaign: African Americans
in WW II. New York: Lodestar Books, Penguin Putnam, Inc.,
1998.
Hart, P. Flying Free: America's First Black
Aviators. Minneapolis: Lerner Publications, 1992.
Lindbergh, R. Nobody Owns the Sky: The Story
of Bessie Coleman. Massachusetts, Candlewick Press, 1998.
McKissack, P., and F. McKissack. Red-Tail Angels:
The Story of the Tuskegee Airmen. New York: Walker &
Company, 1995.
Sakurai, G. Mae Jemison: Space Scientist.
New York: Children’s Press, 1998. |
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