Courage Has No Color: The True Story of the Triple Nickles, America's First Black Paratroopers
by Tanya Lee Stone
In 1943, Sergeant Walter Morris, a guard at Fort Benning, Georgia, saw how his fellow... read more
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- Grade
- 4-12
- Genre
- Nonfiction
- Cultural Experience
- African American
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
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Awards & Distinctions 9

Orbis Pictus Award, 2000-2022
Honor, 2014

YALSA Nonfiction Award, 2010-2022
Finalist, 2014

ALSC Notable Children's Books, 1995-2022
Commended, 2014

CCBC Choices
Selection, 2014

Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People, 2015-2021
History, Life, Culture in the Americas Selection, 2014

Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2021
History Selection, 2013

Center for the Study of Multicultural Children's Literature Best Books, 2013-2021
Selection, 2013

Lasting Connections, 2000 - 2020
Selection, 2013
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