William B. Ellis papers
Ellis, personal Correspondence, financial records, and other material pertaining to the personal and professional life of William B. Ellis 1964-2008
Ellis, interviews (interview recordings, transcripts, questionnaires) Oral history interview and transcript, and questionnaire regarding Ellis' life and experience in the AAC 347 1995-2003
Ellis, educational outreach (event programs, correspondence, certificates) Event programs, certificates, correspondence and other material documenting Ellis' visits to K-12 schools (often with fellow TA Oliver Goodall) to speak about the TA and aviation 1997-2005
Ellis, (certificates) Certificates of recognition, appreciation, etc. from municipal, occupational, professional, and other entities for Ellis' participation in various events/activities 1992-2008
TAI LA Ch. (By-laws, other material) By-laws and other material documenting organizational activities of the Los Angeles Chapter of Tuskegee Airmen, Inc 1978-1993
TAI LA: (proposals, correspondence, other material) Proposals, correspondence, contracts, and other material documenting TAI involvment in film, book, and other media ventures pertaining to TA history 1978-1991
TAI LA: (correspondence, event programs, other material) Correspondence, event programs, and other material related to TAI LA sponsored public events 1976-1980
TAI LA: (scholarship fund, newsletters, other material) 1978-2007
TAI LA: 19th National Convention (correspondence, meeting minutes, other material - see also B14, F9,10) Correspondence, meeting minutes, and other material pertaining to planning for the 19th annual TAI National convention held in Los Angeles in 1990 1989-1991
TAI LA: 19th National Convention and TA Golf Tournament Correspondence, event programs, and other material documenting planning for the TAI convention and golf tournament held in Los Angeles, 1990 1988-1990
TAI LA: (photographs, other material) Group photographs of the TAI LA chapter, and other material pertaining to activities of TAI LA undated
TAI LA: (correspondence, event programs, other material) Correspondence, event programs. and other material pertaining to activities of TAI LA chapter 1990-1999
TAI LA: (logo, chapter roster, other material) Chapter membership roster, material pertaining to a logo for the TAI LA chapter, and other material 1996-1999
TAI LA: (newsletter) 1976-2000
TAI LA: (meeting minutes, newsletters. other material) Meeting minutes, newsletters, and other material documenting organizational activities of the TAI LA chapter 1983-2000
TAI LA: (meeting minutes, reports, other material) Meeting minutes, reports, and other material documenting activities of the TAI LA chapter 2000-2004
TAI LA:"Flying High with Creative Cookery" (publication) 1 copy of a cookbook published by the TAI LA chapter 1980
TAI Scholarship Fund: (directors roster, financial, other material) Director's roster, tax exempt forms, and other material documenting activities of the TAI Scholarship Fund 1977-1981
TAI Scholarship Fund: (correspondence, financial) Correspondence, fiancial records, and other material documenting a dispute over services of a publicity agent under contract to promote a fundraising dinner in Los Angeles, referred to as the "Berend affair" 1977-1979
TAI Scholarship Fund: (correspondence, reports, other material) Correspondence and other material,including case statements (rationale and justification for fundraising efforts), pertaining to activities of the TAI Scholarship Fund 1978-1984
TAI Scholarship Fund: (financial report) "Review of Account" pertaining to finances of the TAI Scholarship Fund 1979
TAI Scholarship Fund: (financial reports) Reports documenting the finances of the TAI Scholarship Fund 1978-1986
TAI Scholarship Fund: (Case statement) Two copies of a case statement (rationale and justification for a fundraising effort) for the TAI Scholarship Fund undated
TAI Scholarship Fund: (correspondence, publicity, other material) Correspondence, publicity, and other material pertaining to fundraising dinners for the TAI Scholarship Fund 19811-1984
TAI Scholarship Fund: (scripted remarks) Script for remarks delivered at a fundraising banquet for the TAI Scholarship fund 1978-1984
TAI Scholarship Fund: (correspondence) Correspondence pertaining to a 1990 fundraising dinner held in Los Angeles for the TAI Scholarshlip Fund 1990
TAI Scholarship Fund: (Financial, other material) 1990-1994
TAI Scholarship Fund: (Financial reports, candidate nominations, other material) 1983-2006
TAI: (Articles of incorporation, reports, other material) Articles of incorporation, reports, and other material pertaining to activities of Tuskegee Airmen, Inc 1975-1979
TAI: (administrative, other material) Constitution, by-laws, and other material pertaining to administrative activities of TAI 1990-1993
TAI: (administrative, other material) Constitution, by-laws and revisions pertaining to administrative activities of TAI 1983-1993
TAI: (Constitution, by-laws) Revisions of the Constitution and By-laws of TAI 1990-1993
TAI: (By-laws, handbook, other material) By-laws, handbook, and other material pertaining to administrative activites of TAI 1997-2000
TAI: (financial, by-laws, other material) Financial, administrative, and other material pertaining to organizatonal activities of TAI 1974-2003
TAI: (meeting minutes, financial, other material) Meeting minutes, financial documents, and other material documenting activities of national and chapter branches of TAI 1974-1994
TAI: (correspondence, reports, other material) Correspondence, reports, and other material pertaining to planning of the 1985 national TAI convention 1984-1985
TAI: (financial, membership, other material) Documents pertaining to membership and financial activity of TAI 1991-1999
TAI: (Constitution and by-laws, reports, other material) Constitution and by-laws, reports, and other material pertaining to TAI chapter and national administrative activities. 1979-2004
TAI: (correspondence, meeting minutes, other material) 1985-1990
TAI: (meeting minutes, other material) Board of Directors meeting minutes and other material documenting administrative activities of TAI 1989-1992
TAI: (meeting minutes, other material) Board of Directors meeting minutes and other material documenting administrative activities of TAI 1989-1993
TAI: (position paper, resolution) Position paper and resolution sponsored by TAI member Spann Watson 1998
TAI: (meeting minutes, newsletter, other material) Executive committee minutes, newsletters, and other material pertaining to activities of TAI 2001
TAI: (proposals, memorandum, other material) 1999-2004
TAI: (meeting minutes, financial, other material) Meeting minutes, financial reports, and other material documenting activity of TAI 1999-2005
TAI: (reports, publicity, other material) Reports, publicity, nd othe material documenting preparation for the 35th National Convention of TAI 2006
TAI: (agendas, reports, other material) Meeting agendas, event schedules, reports, and other material documenting preperation for TAI national conventions 1986-2008
TAI: (correspondence, proposals, other material) Correspondence, proposals, and other material regarding media projects and public outreach by the TAI 1976-2005
TAI: (newsletters) National and chapter TAI newsletters 1986-2004
TAI/OBAP: (correspondence, event publicity, other material) Correspondence, event publicity, and other material pertaining to a joint meeting of the Organization of Black Airline Pilots (OBAP) and TAI 2000
TAI: (event programs) Event programs from annual national conventions of TAI 1973-2004
TAI: (event programs) Event programs from annual national conventions of TAI 2002-2005
TAI: (directories, rosters) National directories and membership rosters of the TAI 1979-2005
"The Freeman Field Mutiny" (3 mss. copies) Three manuscript copies of "The Freeman Field Mutiny", written by Lt. Col. James C. Warren; one with note to William Ellis soliciting his feedback 1992,1993
"The Freeman Field Mutiny": (correspondence, other material) Correspondence and other material pertaining to "The Freeman Field Mutiny" 1994-1997
"For Nora, from Marsden and the 477th . . . an Incident in the Life of Marsden A. Thompson" (filmscript) Filmscript written by TAI LA member Marsden Thompson; 156 p undated
Le Roy Gillead: (correspondence, publications, other material) Correspondence, booklet, and other material written by TA Le Roy Gillead 1993-1995
Gen. "Chappie" James Jr.: (song, articles, other material) The folder contains a song, articles, and other material pertaining to Gen. "Chappie" James Jr., a TA and the first African American to reach the rank of four star general 1968-2000
A. Leon Higenbotham, Jr.: "An Open Letter to Justice Clarence Thomas from a Federal Judicial Colleague" Published document written by prominent civil rights advocate and federal judge A. Leon Higenbotham, Jr. 1991
Theopolis Johnson: "The Noble Experiment" (text and CD case) Folder contains a textual overview of "An American Experiment", a TAI-related project to produce a definitive record of graduates of the Army Air Corps flight school at Tuskegee Army Air Field; also included is a CD case for the roster, sans CD. 1996, 2002
TA: (rosters, copied documents) Copies of Army Air Corps rosters of African American pilots and other personnel; and of a variety of documents generated by the AAC, War Department, and so on pertaining to the "Tuskegee Airmen" 1925-2005
TA, historical research (copied documents) Copied documents generated by the AAC, War Department, and so on pertaining to the "Tuskegee Airmen" 1945-2001
TA, historical research (copied documents) Copies of AAC disciplinary Records from Selfridge and Freeman Fields 1945
TA, historical research (copied documents) AAC documents regarding the 477th Bomber group and the Freeman Field Mutiny 1945
TA, historical research (copied documents) Folder contains documents regarding TA bomber crew casualties (non-combat) 1944
TA, historical research (copied documents) The folder contains AAC/War Dept. reports and other documents regarding war-time service of African American troops 1945
TA, historical research (copied documents) The folder contains AAC documentation of the Freeman Field incident 1945
TA, historical research (copied documents) "The Training of Negro Combat Units by the First Air Force", v. 1,2; AAC report largely concerned with the Freeman Field incident, by Earl D. Lyon 1946
TA, historical research (copied documents) "Documented Historical Report - Air Force Negro Troops"; a report produced by the AAC 1945
TA, historical research (copied documents) History of the 477th Composite Group, documents produced by AAC 1944-1947
TA, historical research (copied documents) "Airplane Accidents and Control Measures in the First Air Force", a document produced by the AAC 1944
TA, historical research (copied documents) "History of 2143rd AAF Base Unit (Pilot School; Basic - Advanced) and Tuskegee Army Air Field .. ." Installment 12, 14; documents produced by the AAC 1945
TA, historical research (copied documents) "The Training of Negro Combat Units by the First Air Force" Earl D. Lyon 1946
TA, historical research (copied documents) Documents regarding comparative white/black statistics from the AAC, and telephone transcripts regarding Freeman Field 1946
TA, historical research (copied documents) "History of Tuskegee Army Air Field from Conception to 6 December 1941" (AAC document) 1944
TA, historical research (copied documents, research paper, other material) 1941-2002
TA, historical research TA squadron and pilot profiles circa 1995
"Hawk's Cry" (newsletter) Copies of the "Hawk's Cry", the newsletter of TAAF 1943
"Hawk's Cry" (newsletter) Copies of the "Hawk's Cry", the newsletter of TAAF 1943-1944
TA: (research paper, photographs) Text of "The Freeman Field Mutiny: a Study in Leadership" (AF research paper), and photographs 1997
TA Remembrances: (obituaries, funeral programs, other material) 1975-2005
TA/black history: (clippings and articles) Clippings and articles collected by William Ellis pertaining to the TA and black history 1975-2005
About/in honor of the TA - (articles, event programs, other material) Articles, event programs, and other materials documenting achievements of the TA 1973-2010
TA events - (articles, programs, other material) Articles, programs, and other material documenting events held in honor of the TA 1978-2006
TA - (progams, publicity) Programs, publicity, and other material concerning museum and other exhibits pertaining to the TA 1985-2003
UCR/Tuskegee Airmen Archive (event programs, photographs, other material) Event programs, photographs, and articles documenting UCR TA Archive related events, as well as co-founder Col. Ralph Smith 2004-2006
History cards (educational aide) History cards titled "On Black America", some with reference to TA 1993
African American history/TA - (event programs, publication, other material) Event programs, a publication, and other material pertaining to African American history and/or the TA 1977-2005
Black history/civil rights - (publications, flyers, other material) Publications, flyers, and other material concerning African American history, collected by William Ellis 1990-2001
Black history, culture (articles, clippings) Articles, clippings, and other material collected by William Ellis pertaining to black history and culture 1986-2005
TA/education: (pamphlets, instructional materials) Pamphlets and instructional materials pertaining to the TA 1991, 1994
Aviation - (publications, photographs, other material) Publications, photographs, and other material documenting William Ellis' interest in military aviation and aerospace 1975-2008
NORAD: (photographs, pamphlets, other material) Photographs, pamphlets, and other material documenting a visit to NORAD, Colorado Springs, CO. circa 1975
NASA: (publicity, photographs, other material) Publicity, photographs, and other material regarding NASA and other aerospace entities circa 1996
Aerospace: (pamphlets, brochures, other material) Pamphlets, brochures, and other material documenting a convention held by the International Black Aerospace Council; also, a Jet Propulsion Laboratory publicity packet 2006, 1996
Veteran's event, Milwaukie, OR - (registration, program, other material) 2000
Photographs, TAI group events (color photographs) circa 1995-2005
TAI Photographs - (60-70, color) Color photographs, primarily documenting TAI members' travel to air shows circa 1985-1995
TAI photographs - (60-70, color) Photographs, primaily documenting TAI members' travel to air shows and conventions circa 1985-1995
Ellis, personal - (40 color photographs) Photographs documenting William Ellis' vacation travel in the western US circa 1975-1980
TAI photographs - (60-70, color) Color photographs primarily documenting TAI events circa 1992-2006
TAI photographs - (color photographs and negatives) Photographs taken at TAI events and air shows 1996, undated
TAI photographs - (b/w, polaroid, color prints) Photographs documenting TAI events and air shows 2002, 2005, undated
TAI Photographs - (60-70, color) Photographs documenting TAI events and air shows circa 1990-2005
TAI photographs - (70-80 color, and negatives) Photographs depicting TAI events and air shows circa 1995-2005
TAI photographs - (70-80, color) Photographs of TAI events and air show circa 1995-2005
TAI photographs - (color photographs, negatives, 1 CD-R Photographs of TAI events and other subjects undated
TAI photographs - (approx. 100, color) Photographs of TAI related events 1995-2005
Photographic negatives 1985-1988
TA photographs - (50, b/w, color) TA pilot portraits, class photos; TAI group photos; airshows circa 1943-2005
TA class pictures (16 b/w photographs) 16 b/w photographs of TAAF graduating pilot classes, most with pilot identifications from research by Chuck Wilson (2011) circa 1943-1945
William Ellis, photographs, - (3, color) Photographs of William Ellis undated
TA portraits - (4 b/w photographs with cardboard backing). TA pilot portraits, and group photo circa 1943-1945
"254 Gunners and Mascot" - Photograph (b/w), (cardboard and foamcore backing) 1945
TA recordings - 2 VHS cassettes Recordings pertaining to the TA undated
TA recordings - 2 VHS cassettes. Recordings pertaining to the TA 1996, undated
Audiocassettes (4); slides (2 boxes) TA audio interviews; research and TAI related slide images 1981-2000
TA recordings - 2 VHS cassettes Recordings pertaining to the TA undated
"Fly-in Tuskegee, 2005" - VHS recordings and color photographs 2005
"Oliver Goodall; Veterans' Day, Pasadena" - VHS recordings 1994, undated
TA, Air Force Association - (1 VHS, 1 CD, 1 DVD) - 2005, undated
TA events - 2 VHS cassettes 2004, undated
TA photographs, AF Historical Research Association - 6 CDs undated
William Ellis - 2 framed photographs undated
TAI group photograph (framed, color) undated
William Ellis - framed honorary certificates and plaques 1990-2006
Certificate - Optimist Club of North Hollywood to TA 1997
"I.M. Elementary (Ft. Worth, TX) honors TA" - (certificate) 2005
USC Equal Opportunity programs center award to TAI LA - (plaque) 2000
Naval Air Warfare Center to TA - (plaque) 2000
TAI LA to William Ellis, in recognition of service as president - (plaque) 1977
Hughes Space and Communications/African American History Month Celebration - (plaque) 1995
William Ellis - certificates, plaques, other oversize material 1975-2005
10 baseball caps with patch logos (TAI LA, others) undated
5 objects - plexiglass memorials (3); plaque on pedestal; OBAP/TA digital clock 2001, 2003, undated
4 objects: 3 engraved cups, 1 jar soil (from groundbreaking of WWII memorial site, Washington, DC) 2000, 2001, undated
VHS cassettes (36): commercially produced military history (4 series, unopened packages); audio tapes (18; lectures and speeches regarding black studies, Afro-centric history); other material circa 1985-2000
Ellis Safari Photographs (11, color) eleven large color prints from William Ellis' visit to Kenya; 2 with Ellis and companion; others are images of wildlife undated
"Officers candidate graduating class, Ft. Monmouth, N.J." - Framed photograph, b/w Ellis' graduating class picture from US Army Signal Corps school at Ft. Monmouth 1942
Three items: poster, Tuskegee Inst. to TAI, letter; poster, USAF academy TA statue collage; the CeeTee Dee, TAAF news-paper (Lena Horne visit) 1976, undated, 1944
Five items: TA bio card sheet; TAI event contact sheet; b/w photograph, P-47 aircraft; poster, "USAF Remembers"; Ellis, raster graphic likeness undated
Two items: William Ellis retirement, caricature and comment card; Ellis caricature, "Bill, a Flyin' Fool!" 1993, undated
Two photographs (color) - TA event, William Ellis at podium; audience and woman walking undated
TA event exhibit material, 7 items: AAC document blow-up; poster-size photograph, Ellis with pipe, circa 1945 (2); poster-photograph, Ellis in overcoat; 2 TA posters; 1 poster size blow-up of book review, "The Lonely Eagles" (TAI publication) 1995, 1997, undated
Four oversize calenders - "Coors Heritage Calenders" [African-American History-themed images] 1991, 1993, 1995, 1997
Two oversize calenders, WWII combat aircraft themed 1990, 2000
"USAF - Legacies of Leadership" - (14 Posters, some duplicates) - African-American officers undate
"Tomahawk [missile] flight test "; General "Chappie" James - (2 posters) undated
TA pilot statue; rolled photograph, b/w, 10 in. x 3ft. - "332cnd Fighter Wing, Lockbourne AF Base . . . 1948" undated, 1948
TA commemorative coins, medallions, other material circa 1985-2005
TA Congressional gold medal copy 2007
William Ellis, event name tags 2003, 2005, undated
TAI LA Ch., 2 group photographs - (3 items, 1 duplicate) undated
2 items: William Ellis, American Legion certificate; 49th fighter Group text undated
TA Squadron patches (9 canvas patches; 7 images on sheet of paper) undated
TAI Cruise photos (2, color) On board the MS Statendam, cruise to Alaska 1996
TAI LA Ch., 19th annual convention - (oversize material - notes, photocopies, other material) 1974-2002
Ellis, personal - (financial, contractual) Papers pertaining to William Ellis' purchase of condominium property 1995-2000
Model aircraft undated
Tuskegee Airman action figures (2) by GI Joe undated
Videotapes (including unidentified) and other media/ephemera undated
TAI convention bags 1983-2000
B-25 Mitchell model airplane undated
Artillery box from the City of Palm Springs undated
Airways Information Manual. Fallbrook, Calif.: Aero Publishers , Inc. 1982 1982
Anderegg, C.R. Sierra Hotel: Flying Air Force Fighters in the Decade After Vietnam. Air Force History and Museums Program 2001
Angelou, Maya. Wouldn't Take Nothing For My Journey Now. New York: Random House, 1993 1993
Boston, Kelvin. Smart Money Moves for African Americans. New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1996 1996
Baker, Vernon J. Lasting Valor. Columbus, MS: Genesis Press, Inc., 1997 1997
Bowman, Martin. Thunder in the Heavens: Classic american Aircraft of World War II.New York: Smithmark Books, 1994 1994
Black Americans in Defense of Our Nation. Washington DC: Department of Defense, 1990[?] circa 1990
Boyne, Walter J. Classic Aircraft. Publications International, 1992 1992
Royal Canadian Air Force: Exercise Plans for Physical Fitness. New York: Pocket Books,Inc. 1962 1962
Chideya, Farai. The Color of Our Future. New York: Wm. Morrow and Co., 1999 1999
Cook, Joseph J. the Incredible Atlantic herring. New York: Dodd, Mead and Co., 1979 1979
Corbin, Raymond M. Facts About Blacks: a Sourcebook of African American Achievement, 2ncd ed. New York: Madison Books, 1999 1999
Cose, Elise. The Rage of a Privileged Class [etc.]. New York: Harper Collins, 1993 1993
Cross, Robin. Warfare: A Chronological History. Secaucus, NJ: Wellfleet Press, 1991 1991
Davis, Richard G. Anatomy of a Reform: the Expeditionary Aerospace Force. Air Force History and Museums Program, undated undated
Davis, Richard C. On Target: Organizing and Executing the Strategic Air Campaign Against Iraq. Air Force History and Museums Program, 2002 2002
Davis, Benjamin O. Jr. Benjamin O. Davis, Jr., American: An Autobiography. Washington: Smithsonian Institution Press, 1991 1991
Dryden, Charles W. A-Train: Memoirs of a Tuskegee Airman. Tuscaloosa: University of Alabama Press, 1997 [2 copies] 1997
Flight plan for tomorrow - the Douglas story: a condensed history. Santa Monica: Douglas Aircraft Co., 1966 1966
Francis, Charles. The Tuskegee Airmen: the Men who Changed a nation. 4th ed. Boston: Branden Publishing Co. 1997 1997
Forrester, Larry W. Fly for your life. New york: Bantam Books, 1978 1978
Frisbee, John L. Makers of the United States Air Force. Air Force History and Museums Program, 1987 1987
Gibson, John W. A. Sparrow has wings. Half Moon Publishers, 1989 1989
Goodman, Walter. Black bondage: the life of slaves in the south. New York: Farrar, Straus, Giroux, 1969 1969
Hatfield, D.D. Aeroplane Scrapbook number 1: 1910-1941. Inglewood, Calif.: Northrup University Press, 1976 [2 copies] 1976
Hatfield, D.D. Los Angeles Aeronautics: 1920-1929. Inglewood: Northrup University Press, 1973 1973
Hatfield, D.D. Dominguez Air Meet. Inglewood: Northrup University Press, 1976 1976
Holway, John B. Red tails, black wings: the men of America's black air force. Las Cruces, NM: Yucca Tree Press, 1997
Homan, Lynn M., and Thomas Reilly. Black knights: the story of the Tuskegee Airmen. Gretna, LA: Pelican Publishing Co., 2001 2001
Homan, Lynn M., and Thomas Reilly. The Tuskegee Airmen. Charleston, SC.: Arcadia Publishing Co., 1998 1998
Hornsby, Alton Jr. Chronology of African American History. Detroit: Gale Research, Inc., 1995 1995
Jacobs, Bruce A. Race manners: Navigating the minefield between black and white Americans. New York: Arcade Publishing, 1999 1999
Jakeman, Robert J. Divided skies: etablishing segregated flight training at Tuskegee, Alabama, 1934-1942. Tuscaloosa: University of Alabama Press, 1992 1992
Jefferson, Alexander. Red tail captured, red tail free: the memoirs of a Tuskegee airman and POW. New York: Fordham University Press, 2005 [4 copies] 2005
Johnson, Robert S. Thunderbolt! [P-47], etc. New York: Ballentine books, 1963 1963
Johnson, Stephen B. The United States Air Force and the culture of innnovation. Air force History and Museums Program, 2002 2002
The Lockheed Chronicles, v. 1, 1934-1945. Lockheed Employees Recreation Club, 1996 1996
Knapp, George E. Buffalo Soldiers at Ft. Leavenworth in the 1930s and early 1940s. Fort Leavenworth: US Army Command and Geneal Staff College, 1991 1991
Mann, Hiram, and Phears, Bill. Forever dreaming: a history of the Daniel 'Chappie" James, Jr. chapter, TAI, through 1996. Cape Canveral: Blue Note Books, 1998 1998
McGovern, James R. Black eagle: General Daniel "Chappie" James, Jr. Tuscaloosa: University of Alabama Press, 1985 1985
Meyer, Mark [photographer]. Wings. Charlottesville, VA: Thomasson-Grant, 1984 1984
McKissack, Patricia, and McKissack, Frederick. Red tail angels: the story of the Tuskegee Airmen of World War II. New York: Walker and Co., 1995 1995
Mitchell, Vance O. Air Force officers: personnel policy devlopment, 1944-1974. Air Force History and Museums Program, 1996 1996
Neufeld, Jacob, ed. Coalition air warfare in the Korean War, 1950-1953. Air Force Hisory and Museums Program, undated undated
Peterson, Frank E. Into the tiger's jaw: America's first black marine aviators; the auto-biography of Lt. Gen. Frank E. Peterson. Novato, Calif.: Presidio Press, 1998 [2 copies] 1998
Phears,Bill. Ain't, but it can be. Baltimore: Gateway Press, 1989 1989
Phelps, J. Alfred. Chappie: America's first black four star general: Chappie; the life and times of Daniel James, Jr. Novato, Calif.: Presidio Publishing,1991[2 copies] 1991
Powell, William J. Black aviator: the story of William J. Powell [new ed. of Black Wings, 1934]. Washington: Smithsonian Institution Press, 1994 1994
Norfleet, George. A pilot's journey: memoirs of a Tuskegee Airman: Curtis Christopher Robinson. Washington: Robnor Publishing, 2005 2005
Rose, Robert A. Lonely eagles: the story of America's black air force in world war II. Los Angeles: Tuskegee Airmen, Inc., 1982 [4 copies, 3 pbk, 1 hardcover] 1982
Scott, Lawrence P., and Womack, William M. Double V: the civil rights struggle of the Tuskegee Airmen. East Lansing: Micigan State University Press, 1994 1994
Searls, Hank. The crowded sky. New York: Harper and Bros.,1960 1960
Shaw, Frederick J., ed. Locating Air Force base sites: history's legacy. Air Force History and Museums Program, 2004 2004
Smith, Chalene E. McGee. Tuskegee Airman: the biography of Charles E. McGee, Air Force fighter combat record holder. Boston: Branden Publishing, 1999 1999
Spires, David N. Air power for Pattons' Army: the 19th tactical air command in the second world war. Air Force History and museums Program, 2002 2002
Stone, Donald P. Fallen prince: William James Edwards, Black education and the quest for Afro American nationality. Snow Hill, AL: Snow Hill Press, 1990 1990
Tillman, Barrett. Wildcat aces of world war 2. London: Osprey Publishing, 1995 1995
Black airmen, 1941-1945 [yearbook material from Tuskegee Army Flying School?]. Army Air Forces Southeast Training Center, Maxwell Field, Alabama. circa 1945?
Tuskegee Airmen, Inc. [TAI publication]. Denver, Co: TA, inc., 1982 1982
Westbrook, Shelby, ed. Tuskegee airmen, 1941-1945. Chicago: Chicago (Do-Dos) chapter. undated undated
Van Sertima, Ivan. They came before Columbus. New York: Random House, 1976 1976
Warren, Lt. Col James C. The Tuskegee airmen: Mutiny at Freeman Field. Vacaville, Calif.: Conyers Publishing,1995 [4 copies - 3 pbk, 1 hardcover] 1995
West, Cornell. Race matters. Boston: Beacon Press, 1993 1993
Wiley, Ralph. What black people should do now: Dispatches from near the vanguard. New York: Ballantine books, 1993 1993
Winters, Cpt.T. Hugh. Skipper: Confessions of a fighter squadron commander, 1943-1944. Mesa, AZ: Champlin Fighter Museum Press,1985 1985
Wolfe, Tom. The right stuff. New York: Bantam Books, 1980 1980
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