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Ivan G Thompson
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The Air Force's Black Pilot State of the Union
Politics & Social Sciences
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What's This Book About?
This book is the third in a series of books that focus on diversity in the Air Force, primarily in the pilot ranks. The first book in the series is titled “The Air Force’s Black Ceiling,” and its sequel is titled “The Air Force’s Black Pilot Training Experience.” Both these books are available in e-book, paperback, and hardcover on Amazon. Black Ceiling is also available on Audible. In this book bubble, I have shared the Table of Contents. The hope is to give the reader an idea of what I have written over 450 pages about. The purpose of this book bubble is to whet the reader's appetite, if you will. If you have read either of the previous two books, you will love this book. However, this book has been written to stand alone. To facilitate that effort, I quote extensively from the previous two books. Enjoy! Get your copy today!
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The Air Force's Black Pilot State of the Union
Table of Contents
Dedication 1
Special Thanks 4
Introduction 5
Prologue 7
Chapter 1 Outside the Gate 15
Chapter 2 Inside the Gate 40
Chapter 3 Clustering Now More than Ever 65
Chapter 4 Welcome to the Family 77
Chapter 5 A “Black” Family Tradition 101
Chapter 6 Inferiority or Exclusivity? 112
Chapter 7 Culture Change vs. Recruiting 140
Chapter 8 Outposts of Whiteness 169
Chapter 9 The Real Issue 181
Chapter 10 What About the Black Women? 200
Chapter 11 A Comparison of “Firsts” 266
Chapter 12 The Making of a Black Chief 306
Chapter 13 And that Makes Ten 366
Chapter 14 An Overdue Promotion:
The Backstory 373
Chapter 15 A Tribute to General
Bernard P. Randolph 398
Appendix A: Errata from Prior Books 411
Appendix B: Stop the Experiments 416
Appendix C: Excerpts from DTIC
Minority Attrition Study 427
Appendix D: A Story of Injustice,
Connecting the Dots 455
Bibliography 478
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