Foreword --Preface -- [ch.] 1. Black men can't fly -- [ch.] 2. The opening of the door -- [ch.] 3. Tuskegee -- [ch.] 4. Send us your best men -- [ch.] 5. Segregation goes on ... separate but not equal -- [ch.] 6. To war, to war ... finally -- [ch.] 7. On to Italy -- [ch.] 8. In the skies over Europe -- [ch.] 9. Red tails -- [ch.] 10. The war ges on -- [ch.] 11. The 332nd scores big -- [ch.] 12. The end in sight -- [ch.] 13. The birth of the 477th -- [ch.] 14. The Freeman Field mutiny -- [ch.] 15. The Commander : Benjamin O. Davis Jr. -- [ch.] 16. The war is over -- [ch.] 17. The unsung warriors -- [ch.] 18. The Tuskegee experience -- [ch.] 19. Black birds -- appendix. Roster of pilot training graduates at Tuskegee Army Air Field -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.