9781349529377-1349529370-Flight: The Story of Virgil Richardson, A Tuskegee Airman in Mexico

Flight: The Story of Virgil Richardson, A Tuskegee Airman in Mexico

ISBN-13: 9781349529377
ISBN-10: 1349529370
Edition: Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2004
Author: Ben Vinson III
Publication date: 2004
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Format: Paperback 214 pages
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ISBN-13: 9781349529377
ISBN-10: 1349529370
Edition: Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2004
Author: Ben Vinson III
Publication date: 2004
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Format: Paperback 214 pages

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Flight: The Story of Virgil Richardson, A Tuskegee Airman in Mexico (ISBN-13: 9781349529377 and ISBN-10: 1349529370), written by authors Ben Vinson III, was published by Palgrave Macmillan in 2004. With an overall rating of 4.5 stars, it's a notable title among other Arts & Literature (Black & African American, Cultural & Regional, United States, Historical, Africa, South Africa, African History, Mexico, Americas History, South America, State & Local, United States History, Aviation, Military History, United States, World War II, World History) books. You can easily purchase or rent Flight: The Story of Virgil Richardson, A Tuskegee Airman in Mexico (Paperback) from BooksRun, along with many other new and used Arts & Literature books and textbooks. And, if you're looking to sell your copy, our current buyback offer is $0.3.

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Virgil Richardson blazed his own unique trail through the twentieth century: a co-founder of Harlem's American Negro Theater, 1930s radio personality, World War II pilot, and expatriate for most of his life. In Flight, this remarkable man tells his story in his own vivid words. Educated in Texas, Richardson set out for New York City in 1938 to build a career on the stage. Just when he was on the brink of success as an actor, World War II broke out and he was drafted into the army. After overcoming numerous obstacles, Richardson became a Tuskegee cadet in 1943, and later saw action flying over the battlefields of Europe. Upon returning to the racially divided U.S., he decided to move to Mexico, where he encountered a society quite different from the one he had left behind. Compellingly told and historically fascinating, this is the story of a determined individual unwilling to accept the limited options of Jim Crow America.
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