The Golden Thirteen
Subtitle: recollections of the first Black naval officers
By: edited by Paul Stillwell ; with a foreword by Colin L. Powell.
Contributors: Stillwell, Paul, 1944-; Powell, Colin L.
Edition: Berkley trade paperback ed.
Publisher: Berkley Books
Published: 1994
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 304
Subjects: United States. -- Navy -- African Americans; United States. -- Navy -- Officers
Notes: Includes index.
Table of contents: title: The importance of inspiration / Graham E. Martin; title: Training the Golden Thirteen / Paul D. Richmond; title: Living a respectable life / Samuel E. Barnes; title: Producing something the world wants to buy / George C. Cooper; title: The Golden Thirteen plus one / John F. Dille, Jr.; title: A naval officer instead of a flier / John W. Reagan; title: Live and let live / Frank E. Sublett, Jr.; title: Run my mouth and boss like hell / Jesse W. Arbor; title: James Hair and the USS Mason / Norman H. Meyer; title: Son of a slave / James E. Hair; title: A more democratic navy than the nation it serves / William S. White; title: Legacy of the Thirteen.