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Breaking the color barrier : the U.S. Naval Academy's first black midshipmen and the struggle for racial equality
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- Creator
- Robert J. Schneller, Jr
- Format
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- Language
- English
- Publication
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- New York : New York University Press, [2005]
- ©2005
- Physical Details
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- xii, 331 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
- ISBNs
- 0814740553, 9780814740132, 0814740138
- OCLC
- ocn857143549, ocm56733155
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 305-320) and index.
- Pt. I. The glorious failure : Reconstruction and the Naval Academy, 1872-1876. "Not-- their equals socially" -- "Speechless walls as companions" -- Pt. II. Persona non grata : Jim Crow and the Naval Academy, 1877-1941. Segregation by occupation -- "Railroaded out of Navy" -- "They shall not pass" -- Pt. III. Breaking the color barrier : World War II and the first black graduate, 1942-1949. Racial policy "revolution" -- The greater challenge -- Demerits by the bucketful -- Success and celebrity