Moving forward : from space-age rides to Civil Rights sit-ins with Airman Alton Yates
Edition
First edition.
Publication Information
New York, New York : Beach Lane Books, [2022]
Physical Description
48 unnumbered pages : color illustrations ; 24 x 32 cm
Audience
Grades 2-3. Beach Lane Books.
Summary
"A picture book biography on Alton Yates, a Black man who served in the Air Force in the 1950s and contributed to key research on flight safety for pilots and passengers. After returning home, Alton dedicated his life to standing against Jim Crow and fighting for racial equality"--
Subjects
- Airmen > United States > Biography > Juvenile literature.
- African American air pilots > Juvenile literature.
- African Americans > Florida > Jacksonville > Biography > Juvenile literature.
- African Americans > Civil rights > Florida > Jacksonville > History > Juvenile literature.
- African American civil rights workers > Florida > Jacksonville > Biography > Juvenile literature.
- Civil rights workers > Florida > Jacksonville > Biography > Juvenile literature.
- African Americans > Biography > Juvenile literature.
- Airmen > United States > Biography.
- African Americans > Florida > Jacksonville > Biography.
- African Americans > Civil rights > Florida > Jacksonville > History.
- African American civil rights workers > Florida > Jacksonville > Biography.
- Civil rights workers > Florida > Jacksonville > Biography.
- Jacksonville (Fla.) > Biography > Juvenile literature.
- Jacksonville (Fla.) > Race relations > Juvenile literature.
- Jacksonville (Fla.) > Biography.
- Jacksonville (Fla.) > Race relations > Biography.
- Yates, Alton, 1936- > Juvenile literature.
- Yates, Alton, 1936-