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Black sailor, white Navy : racial unrest in the fleet during the Vietnam War era

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Black sailor, white Navy : racial unrest in the fleet during the Vietnam War era / John Darrell Sherwood.

Author

Sherwood, John Darrell, 1966-

Publication

New York : New York University Press, c2007.

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Description

xxiv, 344 p. : ill.; 24 cm.

Subjects

African American sailors > Civil rights > History > 20th century
Racism > United States > History > 20th century
United States > Race relations > History > 20th century
United States > Navy > African Americans > History > 20th century
Vietnam War, 1961-1975 > African Americans
Race discrimination > United States > History > 20th century
Protest movements > United States > History > 20th century
African American sailors > Social conditions > 20th century
Zumwalt, Elmo R., 1920- > Relations with African American sailors
United States > Navy > History > Vietnam War, 1961-1975

Bibliography (note)

Includes bibliographical references (p. 315-330) and index.

Contents

Prologue: storm warning -- The black sailor : chambermaid to the braid and nothing more -- Racial unrest strikes the Army and Marines -- The Zumwalt revolution -- Kitty Hawk : the pot begins to boil -- Blow off : the Kitty Hawl riot -- More unrest : the Hassayampa riot -- The sit-down strike on the Constellation -- Negotiations with the protestors : a comedy of errors -- The Hicks Subcommittee hearings : questions and motives -- Violence on nearly every ship : race riots after Constellation -- The struggle to eliminate bias in the fleet -- From awareness to affirmation -- Epilogue -- Bibliography -- Appendix: Navy ranks and ratings, 1970.

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