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Sprouting Wings: The True Story of James Herman Banning, the First African American Pilot to Fly Across the United States by Louisa Jaggar, Shari Becker

adventurous challenging hopeful informative inspiring medium-paced

5.0

Sprouting Wings is the story of James Herman Manning, A Black aviation pioneer. In 1932, James Banning, accompanied by Thomas C. Allen, became America's first black aviator to fly coast-to-coast. I am always floored by the lives of the many hidden figures I learn about when reading picture book biographies. I'd never heard of James Banning prior t0 reading this book . I am so grateful that the lives of extraordinary African Americans are being written about more frequently so that children are able to bear witness to the many great contributions of Black people to our nation's history.