The Hallelujah Flight

Type

Book

Authors

Phil Bildner

John Holyfield

ISBN 13

9780399247897

Tags

African Americans, African-American pilots, Airplane mechanics, Thomas Allen, James Herman Banning, Cross-country flying, flight, prejudice, racism, Transcontinental flights, voyages and travels

Abstract

In 1932, James Banning, along with his co-pilot Thomas Allen, make history by becoming the first African Americans to fly across the United States, relying on the generosity of people they meet in the towns along the way who help keep their "flying jalopy" going.

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