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Genre/Form: | Biography picture books Biographies Creative nonfiction History Juvenile works Picture books Essais fictionnels Livres d'images Juvenile literature Biography Juvenile literature Biographies Ouvrages pour la jeunesse Ouvrages pour la jeunesse |
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Additional Physical Format: | Online version: Barton, Chris. Alton Yates's movement forward New York, New York : Beach Lane Books, [2022] (DLC) 2021003794 |
Named Person: | Alton Yates; Alton Yates |
Material Type: | Biography, Juvenile audience |
Document Type: | Book |
All Authors / Contributors: |
Chris Barton; Steffi Walthall |
ISBN: | 9781534473652 1534473653 |
OCLC Number: | 1249707348 |
Target Audience: | Ages 4-8.; Grades 2-3. |
Description: | 48 unnumbered pages : color illustrations ; 24 x 32 cm |
Other Titles: | From space-age rides to Civil Rights sit-ins with Airman Alton Yates |
Responsibility: | written by Chris Barton ; illustrated by Steffi Walthall. |
Abstract:
"A picture book biography on Alton Yates, a Black man who served in the Air Force in the 1950s and contributed to key research on flight safety for pilots and passengers. After returning home, Alton dedicated his life to standing against Jim Crow and fighting for racial equality"--
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