Courage Has No Color: The True Story of the Triple Nickles, America's First Black Paratroopers

Year Published 2013

Word Count 26,303

• Text Complexity
• Lexile Level: 1090L
• ATOS Reading Level: 8

• AR Quiz Numbers
• Quiz 156351, 5.0 AR Points

• Curricular Area
• History
• Social Studies

• Subject Headings
• To 1964
• Participation, African American
• World War, 1939-1945
• African American soldiers--History--20th century--Juvenile literature
• World War, 1939-1945--Regimental histories--United States--Juvenile literature
• Race discrimination--United States--Juvenile literature
• World War, 1939-1945--Regimental histories--United States
• United States. Army--African American troops--History--20th century--Juvenile literature
• World War, 1939-1945--Participation, African American--Juvenile literature
• Race discrimination
• Juvenile Nonfiction | History | Military & Wars
• World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Western Front
• History 555th
• African American soldiers--History
• United States.--Parachute troops
• African Americans--Social conditions--To 1964--Juvenile literature
• Regimental histories
• World War, 1939-1945--Participation, African American
• United States. Army. Parachute Infantry Battalion, 555th--History--Juvenile literature
• Children's Books/Ages 9-12 Nonfiction
• United States. Army. Parachute Infantry Battalion, 555th--History
• African Americans
• History
• African Americans--Social conditions
• United States. Army--African American troops--History
• United States. Army--Parachute troops--History--20th century--Juvenile literature
• United States
• Social conditions
• Juvenile Nonfiction | People & Places | United States - African-American
• Juvenile Nonfiction | Social Topics | Prejudice & Racism
• African American soldiers
• World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Western Front--Juvenile literature

• Lists With This Book
• Holocaust and World War II
• African American Experience
• Paired Nonfiction & Fiction