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The golden thirteen : how Black men won the right to wear Navy gold Cover Image Book Book
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The golden thirteen : how Black men won the right to wear Navy gold

Goldberg, Dan C. 1984- (author.).

Summary: "This is the story of the thirteen black men who broke one of the military's most rigid racial barriers and integrated the officer corps of the United States Navy."--

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  • ISBN: 080702158X
  • ISBN: 9780807021583
  • Physical Description: 272 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm
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  • Publisher: Boston : Beacon Press, [2020]

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Bibliography, etc. Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Formatted Contents Note: "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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Subject: United States. Navy African Americans
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United States Armed Forces African American officers History 20th century

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Gettysburg Library 359 GOLDBERG (Text)
Endowment: VFW Post 15 Named Endowment, 2020
35740635636517 Nonfiction Available -
Green Free Library (Wellsboro) 359 GOL (Text) 92523604 GFWM Main Room Available -
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