
Freedom Flyers
The Tuskegee Airmen of World War II
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Narrated by:
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Brandon Massey
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By:
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J. Todd Moye
In this inspiring account of the Tuskegee Airmen - the country's first African American military pilots - historian J. Todd Moye captures the challenges and triumphs of these brave aviators in their own words, drawing on more than 800 interviews recorded for the National Park Service's Tuskegee Airmen Oral History Project.
Denied the right to fully participate in the U.S. war effort alongside whites at the beginning of World War II, African Americans - spurred on by black newspapers and civil rights organizations such as the NAACP - compelled the prestigious Army Air Corps to open its training programs to black pilots, despite the objections of its top generals. Thousands of young men came from every part of the country to Tuskegee, Alabama, in the heart of the segregated South, to enter the program, which expanded in 1943 to train multi-engine bomber pilots in addition to fighter pilots. By the end of the war, Tuskegee Airfield had become a small city populated by black mechanics, parachute packers, doctors, and nurses. Together, they helped prove that racial segregation of the fighting forces was so inefficient as to be counterproductive to the nation's defense.
Freedom Flyers brings to life the legacy of a determined, visionary cadre of African American airmen who proved their capabilities and patriotism beyond question, transformed the armed forces - formerly the nation's most racially polarized institution - and jump-started the modern struggle for racial equality.
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If you could sum up Freedom Flyers in three words, what would they be?
The storyline follows pre-war through post war events, incredible but true events. Not as much of the exploits of the flyers during the war, very little compare to the rest of the book. The only bad part is the reading, is dry and monotonic. Could have been a lot better.Great book and story
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Great History
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Superb history of amazing men.
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Triumphs of the Tuskegee Airmen
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DRAMATIC HISTORY
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Excellent read
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Interesting history, slow story
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What would have made Freedom Flyers better?
Expcted combat action and nuts and bolts aviationWhat could J. Todd Moye have done to make this a more enjoyable book for you?
more combat action and nuts and bolts aviationWhat didn’t you like about Brandon Massey’s performance?
blandIf you could play editor, what scene or scenes would you have cut from Freedom Flyers?
the politicstoo much politics and not enough flying
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VERY disappointed,,
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