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

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Sherwood, John Darrell, 1966-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Zumwalt, Elmo R., 1920-2000.

United States. Navy.

Vietnam War, 1961-1975--African Americans.

Vietnam War, 1961-1975.

African Americans.

United States. Navy--African Americans--History--20th century.

United States.

United States. Navy--History--Vietnam War, 1961-1975.

African American sailors--Social conditions--20th century.

African American sailors.

African American sailors--Civil rights--History--20th century.

Protest movements--United States--History--20th century.

Protest movements.

Racism--United States--History--20th century.

Racism.

Race discrimination.

History.

Civil rights.

Social conditions.

Race discrimination--United States--History--20th century.

Zumwalt, Elmo R., 1920-2000--Relations with African American sailors.

Zumwalt, Elmo R.

United States--Race relations--History--20th century.

Race relations.

Physical Description:

xxiv, 344 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

New York : New York University Press, [2007]

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 Hawk 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.

Notes:

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

ISBN:

9780814740361

0814740367

OCLC:

77504274

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