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Unlawful Orders: A Portrait of Dr. James B. Williams, Tuskegee Airman, Surgeon, and Activist
Barbara Binns
Ages: 9+
Published: 2022
Publisher: Scholastic Focus/Scholastic
ISBN: 978-1-338-75426-1
Keywords: African Americans, Armed Services, Tuskegee Airmen, Civil Rights Movement, Segregation
Refusing to accept the Air Force's segregation policy, Williams participated in the Freeman Field mutiny and later became a leading civil rights activist. Archival photos and images. Back matter.