George Norfleet

The excellence of the Tuskegee Airmen as a group during World War II is undisputed. Theirs is an amazing story of leadership, unbounded; of future generals, U.S. Cabinet members, mayors of major cities, judges, college presidents, doctors -- out of a group of less than 1,000 men. A Pilot's Journey examines the life of a Tuskegee Airman, Curtis Robinson, up close before he arrived at Tuskegee and after he climbed out of the cockpit at the end of World War II and continued to strive and enjoy success as well as profound losses yet never ceased, "believing in God and myself to guide me in the right direction." And not only does he have a remarkable and fascinating history that he tells, but he is the descendant of a family of high achievers that he traces back to the 1730s, with five previous generations on American soil... Publisher… (plus d'informations)

Tuskegee airmen
This book starts off with a story of a soldier's crew being saved by two Tuskegee Airmen. It then goes to a history of African-Americans and the oath that got them to the skies. In the Air Force during World War II they were allowed to get into it, but they were segregated from the White people. They had certain flight schools for the Black people. One of them was in the city of Tuskegee, Alabama. The people who came from this school formed the Tuskegee Airmen. These airmen went on to be very important fighters in many battles and helped the Allies win the war.

In my opinion it is a interesting book at first but it can get boring. It tells the same story of slavery and racism for what seems like way too many times because everyone should know this story by now. Some facts that I didn't know about was that they purposely made segregation a rule. Stories like the one in the beginning gave some really good insight into these airmen and what they did. But the story on story should have only been a small recap at most. Everyone knows the ending of World War II so it ends with the war ending and everyone who lived went home. In my opinion I thought the book was fine.
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