The Golden Thirteen: The Fight for the Navy's First Black Officers 9780807021583, 9780807021897, 080702158X
The story of the 13 courageous black men who integrated the officer corps of the United States Navy -serving as forerunn
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English Pages 288 Year 2020
Table of contents :
"We're sending you up to Great Lakes." --
"Don't put your time in Negroes." --
"I just don't believe you can do the job." --
"We are discriminated against in every way." --
"Would it be demanding too much to demand full citizenship?" --
"A cordial spirit of experimentation" --
"As good as any fighting men the US Navy has" --
"You are now men of Hampton." --
"I feel very emphatically that we should commission a few Negroes." --
"You can make me an officer, but my parents made me a gentleman." --
"His intelligence and judgment are exceptional." --
"You forget the color and remember the rank." --
"There is that salute you never got."
"We're sending you up to Great Lakes." --
"Don't put your time in Negroes." --
"I just don't believe you can do the job." --
"We are discriminated against in every way." --
"Would it be demanding too much to demand full citizenship?" --
"A cordial spirit of experimentation" --
"As good as any fighting men the US Navy has" --
"You are now men of Hampton." --
"I feel very emphatically that we should commission a few Negroes." --
"You can make me an officer, but my parents made me a gentleman." --
"His intelligence and judgment are exceptional." --
"You forget the color and remember the rank." --
"There is that salute you never got."
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