Author

Publication

2000 - University of Georgia Press, Athens, Georgia

Language

English

Word Count

54,250 words, Guess

Page Count

217 pages

Identifiers

and 2 more
  • LibraryThing1001500
  • Goodreads568927

Classifications

  • DDC940.4/49/44
  • LCCTL540.B7492 L96 2000

Description

"Although he was the first African American fighter pilot, Eugene J. Bullard is still a relative stranger in his homeland. An accomplished professional boxer, musician, club manager, and impresario of Parisian nightlife between the world wars, Bullard found in Europe a degree of respect and freedom unknown to blacks in America. There, for twenty-five years, he helped define the expatriate experience for countless other African American artists, writers, performers, and athletes.". "This biography follows Bullard's lifelong search for respect from his poor boyhood in Jim Crow Georgia to his attainment of notoriety in Jazz-Age Paris and his exploits fighting for his adopted country, for which he was awarded the Croix de Guerre."--BOOK JACKET.

Subjects

Topics

BiographyMilitary Air pilotsAfrican American boxersAfrican American air pilotsTheatrical producers and directorsBullard, Eugene Jacques, 1894-1961.Air pilots, Military -- France -- Biography.

Places

People

Eugene Jacques Bullard (1894-1961)

Genres

  • Biography.

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