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Welcome Barbara Binns! When I read her amazing book, Unlawful Orders, I knew I had to convince Barbara to let me interview her for We Need Diverse Middle Grade Wednesday. Freeman Field Mutiny TheTuskegee Airmen heroically fought for the right to be officers of the US military so that they could fly overseas to help defeat fascism in World War II. However, after winning that battle, they faced their next great challenge at Freeman Field. There racist white officers barred them from entering the Officer’s Club. These heroic men fought for their rights and their fight helped lead to the desegregation of the US armed forces. One Black officer who refused to give in to the bigotry at Freeman Field was James Buchanan “JB” Williams. JB grew up the son of sharecroppers. His loving family and insuppressible intellect drove him to push boundaries placed on Black Americans in the early twentieth century. JB’s devotion to the betterment of others drovehttps://fromthemixedupfiles.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/WNDMG-346x360.jpg