Black Sailor, White Navy : Racial Unrest in the Fleet during the Vietnam War Era /

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It is hard to determine what dominated more newspaper headlines in America during the 1960s and early '70s: the Vietnam War or America's turbulent racial climate. Oddly, however, these two pivotal moments are rarely examined in tandem.John Darrell Sherwood has mined the archives of the U.S...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Sherwood, John Darrell (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York, NY : New York University Press, [2007]
Temas:
African American sailors > Civil rights > History > 20th century.
African American sailors > Social conditions > 20th century.
Protest movements > United States > History > 20th century.
Race discrimination > United States > History > 20th century.
Racism > United States > History > 20th century.
Vietnam War, 1961-1975 > African Americans.
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  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Acknowledgments
  • Prologue: Storm Warning
  • Glossary
  • 1 The Black Sailor: Chambermaid to the Braid and Nothing More
  • 2 Racial Unrest Strikes the Army and Marines
  • 3 The Zumwalt Revolution
  • 4 Kitty Hawk: The Pot Begins to Boil
  • 5 Blow Off: The Kitty Hawk Riot
  • 6 More Unrest: The Hassayampa Riot
  • 7 The Sit-down Strike on the Constellation
  • 8 Negotiations with the Protesters: A Comedy of Errors
  • 9 The Hicks Subcommittee Hearings: Questions and Motives
  • 10 Violence on Nearly Every Ship: Race Riots after Constellation
  • 11 The Struggle to Eliminate Bias in the Fleet
  • 12 From Awareness to Affirmation
  • Epilogue
  • Appendix: Navy Ranks and Ratings, 1973
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • Index
  • About the Author

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