Turbulence Before Takeoff: The Life & Times of Aviation Pioneer Marlon Dewitt Green - Hardcover

Flint Whitlock

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1934980668 ISBN 13: 9781934980668

Publisher: Cable Publishing, 2009

Synopsis

Turbulence Before Takeoff is the inspiring story of Marlon DeWitt Green, a successful Air Force pilot, who became the first African America to be hired by a commercial airline. Interspersed with his struggle, which ended with a landmark, unanimous ruling by the U.S. Supreme Court, are unforgettable stories from the 1950s and 1960s, when the fight for civil rights nearly tore America apart.

About this title

From the Inside Flap:

The name "Marlon DeWitt Green" is not a familar one to most Americans, but what he accomplished forever changed the face of aviation--and civil rights--in America. Green was an accomplished U.S. Air Force pilot who fought to be hired by the all-white airlines. Only a unanimous landmark decision by the U.S. Supreme Court in 1963 enabled Green to finally realize his dream. Written by Pulitzer-nominated author Flint Whitlock, Green's story is interspersed with news items from the 1950s and 1960s. Sit-ins, Peace Marches, and the Freedome Riders contrast sharply with the KKK, lynchings and bombings, and the shattering assassinations of Martin Luther King, Jr. and Bobby Kennedy. It is a story you will never forget.

About the Author:

Pulitzer-nominee historian, Flint Whitlock, currently resides in Denver. He and his wife have three grown children.

About this edition

• Publisher: Cable Publishing
• Publication date: 2009
• ISBN 10: 1934980668
• ISBN 13: 9781934980668
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 416