Award winning authors Sherri L. Smith and Elizabeth Wein talk about their exciting new collaborative Young Adult release, American Wings: Chicago's Pioneering Black Aviators and the Race for Equality

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In this interview with all-star award-winning young adult authors Sherri L. Smith and Elizabeth Wein, they discuss their fabulously researched and written young adult non-fiction American Wings: Chicago's Pioneering Black Aviators and the Race for Equality in the Sky. They give us a glimpse into this fascinating aviation history and the process that brought it to life in this new book, which is essential reading for any avgeek or aviation history buff!

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