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Golden Thirteen : Recollections of the First Black Naval Officers
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Stillwell, Paul L.
- Series:
- Bluejacket Books
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- United States--African Americans.
- United States--Officers.
- United States. Navy--African Americans.
- United States. Navy--Officers.
- Local Subjects:
- United States--African Americans.
- United States--Officers.
- United States. Navy--African Americans.
- United States. Navy--Officers.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (484 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Other Title:
- Golden Thirteen
- Place of Publication:
- : Naval Institute Press, 2013.
- Summary:
- Foreword by Colin L. Powell. In January 1944 sixteen black enlisted men gathered at the Great Lakes Naval Training Station in Illinois to begin a cram course that would turn them into the U.S. Navy's first African-American officers on active duty. The men believed they could set back the course of racial justice if they failed and banded together so all would succeed. Despite the demanding pace, all sixteen passed the course. Twelve were commissioned as ensigns and a thirteenth was made a warrant officer. Years later these pioneers came to be known as the Golden Thirteen, but at the outset the
- Contents:
- ""Cover""; ""Title Page""; ""Copyright""; ""Contents""; ""Foreword""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Introduction""; ""1. The Importance of Inspiration""; ""2. Training the Golden Thirteen""; ""3. Living a Respectable Life""; ""4. Producing Something the World Wants to Buy""; ""5. The Golden Thirteen Plus One""; ""6. A Naval Officer Instead of a Flier""; ""7. Live and Let Live""; ""8. Run My Mouth and Boss Like Hell""; ""9. James Hair and the USS Mason""; ""10. Son of a Slave""; ""11. A More Democratic Navy Than the Nation It Serves""; ""12. Legacy of the Thirteen""
- ""Appendix A: Memorandum from Adlai Stevenson to Frank Knox""""Appendix B: Life Magazine, April 24, 1944""; ""Appendix C: Black Personnel in Today�s Navy""; ""Index""; ""Photo Credits""; ""About the Editor""
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 9781612511627
- 1612511627
- OCLC:
- 854968997
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