Phillip Thomas Tucker has a doctorate in American history from St. Louis University and is the author or editor of more than twenty books devoted to various aspects of African American, Civil War, women’s, and Irish history. For nearly twenty years, Dr. Tucker has worked in Washington, D.C., as a U.S. Air Force historian. He lives in Maryland.
“Tucker knows how to mine the data for details lying well below the
surface and use them to create an exhilarating narrative. This book
demonstrates the power of analysis and the ability of the author to
tell of the African American experience.”—Mario Marcel Salas,
assistant professor of political science, University of Texas at
San Antonio
“Phillip Thomas Tucker resurrects John C. Robinson, once the
best-known black pilot in the world, who has since been largely
forgotten. Tucker’s book fills an important gap, reminding readers
that Robinson, a son of the South, turned Chicago into the greatest
center of black aviation in the 1930s, encouraged Tuskegee
Institute to establish black pilot training, and then led the
Ethiopian air force. Anyone who has ever heard of black aviation
pioneers Charles Anderson, Willa Brown, Cornelius Coffey, Dale
White, and Chauncey Spencer should also be familiar with John C.
Robinson, without whom the others might have never learned to fly.
Tucker convinces us that Robinson is one of the greatest of the
black aviation pioneers and played an instrumental role, not only
in the establishment of black pilot training in the United States,
but also in inspiring black pilots to join the fight against
fascism, as he did.”—Daniel L. Haulman, chief, Organizational
Histories Division, Air Force Historical Research Agency
"This engaging biography of John C. Robinson, the 'Brown Condor,'
gives the aviation pioneer his historical due and—while most
studies of New World-African connections focus on western
Africa—makes an important contribution to our knowledge of links
between African Americans and northeast Africa, particularly the
independent Ethiopian nation of Emperor Haile Sellassie I."—Tim
Carmichael, associate professor of history, College of Charleston
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