Lyt når som helst, hvor som helst

Nyd den ubegrænsede adgang til tusindvis af spændende e- og lydbøger - helt gratis

  • Lyt og læs så meget du har lyst til
  • Opdag et kæmpe bibliotek fyldt med fortællinger
  • Eksklusive titler + Mofibo Originals
  • Opsig når som helst
Prøv nu
DK - Details page - Device banner - 894x1036
Cover for Storming the Heavens: African Americans and the Early Fight for the Right to Fly

Storming the Heavens: African Americans and the Early Fight for the Right to Fly

4 Bedømmelse

2.3

Varighed
6T 38M
Sprog
Engelsk
Format
Kategori

Biografier

The recent Hollywood film Hidden Figures presents a portrait of how African American women shaped the U.S. effort in aerospace during the height of Jim Crow. In Storming the Heavens, Gerald Horne presents the necessary back story to this account and goes further to detail the earlier struggle of African Americans to gain the right to fly. This struggle involved pioneers like Bessie Coleman, who traveled to World War I–era Paris in order to gain piloting skills that she was denied in her U.S. homeland; and John Robinson, from Chicago via Mississippi, who traveled to 1930s Ethiopia, where he was the leading pilot for this beleaguered African nation as it withstood an invasion from fascist Italy, became the personal pilot of His Imperial Majesty, Haile Selassie, and became a founder of Ethiopian Airways. Additionally, Horne adds nuance to the oft told tale of the Tuskegee Airmen and goes further to discuss the role of U.S. pilots during the Korean war in the early 1950s. He also tells the story of how and why U.S. airlines were fought when they began to fly into South Africa—and how planes from this land of apartheid were protested when they landed at U.S. airports.

© 2018 HighBridge Audio (Lydbog): 9781684418404

Udgivelsesdato

Lydbog: 18. december 2018

Andre kan også lide...

  1. The Injustice Never Leaves You: Anti-Mexican Violence in Texas
    The Injustice Never Leaves You: Anti-Mexican Violence in Texas Monica Muñoz Martinez
  2. Liberty or Justice for All?: A Conversation across the American Centuries
    Liberty or Justice for All?: A Conversation across the American Centuries Philip F. Gura
  3. The Fire and the Bonfire: A journey into memory
    The Fire and the Bonfire: A journey into memory Ardyn Halter
  4. Plagues Upon the Earth: Disease and the Course of Human History
    Plagues Upon the Earth: Disease and the Course of Human History Kyle Harper
  5. North to Boston: Life Histories from the Black Great Migration in New England
    North to Boston: Life Histories from the Black Great Migration in New England Blake Gumprecht
  6. The Winning of the West, Vol. 1: From the Alleghanies to the Mississippi, 1769–1776
    The Winning of the West, Vol. 1: From the Alleghanies to the Mississippi, 1769–1776 Theodore Roosevelt
  7. A Legacy of Discrimination: The Essential Constitutionality of Affirmative Action
    A Legacy of Discrimination: The Essential Constitutionality of Affirmative Action Geoffrey R. Stone
  8. Making All Black Lives Matter: Reimagining Freedom in the Twenty-First Century
    Making All Black Lives Matter: Reimagining Freedom in the Twenty-First Century Barbara Ransby
  9. Making Makers: The Past, the Present, and the Study of War
    Making Makers: The Past, the Present, and the Study of War Michael P. M. Finch
  10. Feeding Washington's Army: Surviving the Valley Forge Winter of 1778
    Feeding Washington's Army: Surviving the Valley Forge Winter of 1778 Ricardo A. Herrera
  11. The Age of Reconstruction: How Lincoln’s New Birth of Freedom Remade the World
    The Age of Reconstruction: How Lincoln’s New Birth of Freedom Remade the World Don H. Doyle
  12. The Liberal Politics Of Adolf Hitler
    The Liberal Politics Of Adolf Hitler King
  13. The Huguenots: Resistance, Beliefs, and Persecution
    The Huguenots: Resistance, Beliefs, and Persecution Kelly Mass
  14. For God and Liberty: Catholicism and Revolution in the Atlantic World, 1790-1861
    For God and Liberty: Catholicism and Revolution in the Atlantic World, 1790-1861 Pamela Voekel
  15. The Making of the Modern Muslim State: Islam and Governance in the Middle East and North Africa
    The Making of the Modern Muslim State: Islam and Governance in the Middle East and North Africa Malika Zeghal
  16. Lady First: The World of First Lady Sarah Polk
    Lady First: The World of First Lady Sarah Polk Amy S. Greenberg
  17. From Underground Railroad to Rebel Refuge: Canada and the Civil War
    From Underground Railroad to Rebel Refuge: Canada and the Civil War Brian Martin
  18. Political Rumors: Why We Accept Misinformation and How to Fight It
    Political Rumors: Why We Accept Misinformation and How to Fight It Adam J. Berinsky
  19. How the Heartland Went Red: Why Local Forces Matter in an Age of Nationalized Politics
    How the Heartland Went Red: Why Local Forces Matter in an Age of Nationalized Politics Stephanie Ternullo
  20. Prometheus Bound
    Prometheus Bound Aeschylus
  21. The Euro and the Battle of Ideas
    The Euro and the Battle of Ideas Harold James
  22. The Stakes: America at the Point of No Return
    The Stakes: America at the Point of No Return Michael Anton
  23. Land of Hope: An Invitation to the Great American Story
    Land of Hope: An Invitation to the Great American Story Wilfred M. McClay
  24. The Liberal Invasion of Red State America
    The Liberal Invasion of Red State America Kristin B. Tate
  25. Why the French Don't Like Headscarves: Islam, the State, and Public Space
    Why the French Don't Like Headscarves: Islam, the State, and Public Space John R. Bowen
  26. The Moors: The History of the Muslims Who Lived in North Africa and Europe during the Middle Ages
    The Moors: The History of the Muslims Who Lived in North Africa and Europe during the Middle Ages Charles River Editors
  27. Present Evil, Active God: Can This World’s Evil Ever Be Resolved?
    Present Evil, Active God: Can This World’s Evil Ever Be Resolved? Jered Gritters
  28. French History: Events during the Period of the Gauls and the Huguenots
    French History: Events during the Period of the Gauls and the Huguenots Kelly Mass

Vælg dit abonnement

  • Over 600.000 titler

  • Download og nyd titler offline

  • Eksklusive titler + Mofibo Originals

  • Børnevenligt miljø (Kids Mode)

  • Det er nemt at opsige når som helst

Den mest populære

Premium

For dig som lytter og læser ofte.

129 kr. /måned
  • 1 konto

  • 100 timer/måned

  • Eksklusivt indhold hver uge

  • Fri lytning til podcasts

  • Ingen binding

Start tilbuddet

Unlimited

For dig som lytter og læser ubegrænset.

149 kr. /måned
  • 1 konto

  • Ubegrænset adgang

  • Eksklusivt indhold hver uge

  • Fri lytning til podcasts

  • Ingen binding

Start tilbuddet

Family

For dig som ønsker at dele historier med familien.

Fra 179 kr. /måned
  • 2-6 konti

  • 100 timer/måned pr. konto

  • Fri lytning til podcasts

  • Kun 39 kr. pr. ekstra konto

  • Ingen binding

2 konti

179 kr. /måned
Start tilbuddet

Flex

For dig som vil prøve Mofibo.

89 kr. /måned
  • 1 konto

  • 20 timer/måned

  • Gem op til 100 ubrugte timer

  • Eksklusivt indhold hver uge

  • Fri lytning til podcasts

  • Ingen binding

Prøv gratis