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Black sailor, white Navy : racial unrest in the fleet during the Vietnam War era / John Darrell Sherwood.
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- 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
- Online:
- Publisher description
- Contributor biographical information
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