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Breaking the color barrier : the U.S. Naval Academy's first Black midshipmen and the struggle for racial equality / Robert J. Schneller, Jr.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Schneller, Robert John, 1957-
- Series:
- ACLS Humanities E-Book.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- United States Naval Academy--Admission.
- United States Naval Academy.
- United States Naval Academy. Brigade of Midshipmen--Membership.
- African American midshipmen--Maryland--Annapolis.
- African American midshipmen.
- Discrimination in higher education--United States.
- Discrimination in higher education.
- United States--Race relations.
- United States.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xii, 331 p. ) ill., ports., plates ;
- Other Title:
- Breaking the Color Barrier
- U.S. Naval Academy's first Black midshipmen and the struggle for racial equality
- US Naval Academy's first Black midshipmen and the struggle for racial equality
- Place of Publication:
- New York : New York University Press, c2005.
- Contents:
- Pt. I. 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
- Greater challenge
- Demerits by the bucketful
- Success and celebrity.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 259-320) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780814740132
- 0814740138
- Publisher Number:
- 2027/heb08973 hdl
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