Description
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.
Author: Theodore Taylor
Publisher: US Naval Institute Press
Published: 03/01/2007
Pages: 320
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.95lbs
Size: 8.88h x 5.99w x 0.84d
ISBN13: 9781591148524
ISBN10: 1591148529
BISAC Categories:
- Biography & Autobiography | Cultural, Ethnic & Regional | African American & Black
- Biography & Autobiography | Military
- History | Military | Aviation & Space