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BL
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1013712
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b768082
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| Main Entry
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Vinson, Ben.
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| Title & Author
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Flight : : the story of Virgil Richardson, a Tuskegee airman in Mexico /\ by Ben Vinson.
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| Publication Statement
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New York :: Palgrave Macmillan,, 2004.
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x, 204 pages :: illustrations ;; 25 cm
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| ISBN
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1403966184
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: 9781403966186
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| Bibliographies/Indexes
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 195-200) and index.
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| Contents
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From the eyes of an historian -- Virgil: before the war -- In the army now -- Days at Tuskegee -- From Tuskegee back to war -- Atlantic Sound -- A soldier's homecoming -- Bienvenidos à México -- From tourist to resident: being black in Mexico City during the 1950s -- Livin' and workin' the Mexico City scene -- New York interlude -- Transitions: back in Mexico during the 1960s -- Border crossings -- Epilogue : Black American Yankees on Montezuma's soil.
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| Abstract
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Tells the story of Virgil Richardson, co-founder of Harlem's American Negro Theater, radio personality in the 1930s, World War II pilot, and an expatriate through much of the last fifty years.
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Richardson, Virgil,1916-2004.
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Richardson, Virgil,1916-2004
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United States.-- African Americans
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United States.-- Airmen
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United States.
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United States.
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United States.
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Actors-- United States, Biography.
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African American actors, Biography.
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African Americans-- Mexico, Biography.
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World War, 1939-1945-- Aerial operations, American.
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Actors.
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African American actors.
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African Americans.
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Armed Forces-- African Americans.
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Armed Forces-- Airmen.
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Ethnic relations.
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Military operations, Aerial-- American.
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Mexico, Ethnic relations, History, 20th century.
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United States, Ethnic relations, History, 20th century.
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Mexico.
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United States.
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| Dewey Classification
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973/.0496073/0092B
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| LC Classification
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E745.V56 2004
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| NLM classification
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NQ 2720rvk
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| Added Entry
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Richardson, Virgil,1916-2004.
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