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."--

Item details

ISBN: 9780807021583
ISBN: 080702158X
ISBN: 9780807021897
Physical Description: print
272 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm
Publisher: Boston : Beacon Press, [2020]

Contents / Notes

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."