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Author Burns, Khephra.

Title Black stars in orbit : NASA's African-American astronauts / Khephra Burns and William Miles.

Publication Info. San Diego : Harcourt Brace & Co., [1995]
©1995
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 East Hartford, Raymond Library - Children's Department  J629.45 B    Check Shelf
 Farmington, Main Library - Children's Department  J 629.45 BUR    Check Shelf
 Portland Public Library - Children's Department  J 629.45 BUR    Check Shelf
 West Hartford, Bishop's Corner Branch - Children's Nonfiction  J 629.45 BURNS    Check Shelf
Edition First edition.
Description 72 pages : illustrations ; 29 cm
Note "Gulliver books."
Includes index.
Houghton Mifflin reading program.
Contents Taking flight: On the wings of a dream -- Birth of the black eagles: fighter pilots of World War II -- Soaring higher: black pilots look to the Moon -- Visions of spaceflight: on the ground at NASA -- Journey into space: Counting down: the search for NASA's first black stars -- Liftoff: black stars in orbit -- Others take up the challenge.
Summary Dramatic photographs and vivid text celebrate the history of African Americans' struggle to participate in America's space program.
Subject African American astronauts -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
Astronauts -- Biography.
African Americans -- Biography.
Added Author Miles, William, 1931-2013.
ISBN 0152004327
9780152004323
0152002766 paperback
9780152002763 paperback
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