Black sailor, white Navy
Subtitle: racial unrest in the fleet during the Vietnam War era
By: John Darrell Sherwood
Publisher: New York University Press
Published: 2007
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 344
ISBN-13: 9780814740361
Subjects: Zumwalt, Elmo R., -- 1920- -- Relations with African American sailors; United States. -- Navy -- African Americans -- History -- 20th century; United States. -- Navy -- History -- Vietnam War, 1961-1975; Vietnam War, 1961-1975 -- African Americans; African American sailors -- Social conditions -- 20th century; African American sailors -- Civil rights -- History -- 20th century; Protest movements -- United States -- History -- 20th century; Racism -- United States -- History -- 20th century; Race discrimination -- United States -- History -- 20th century; United States -- Race relations -- History -- 20th century
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 315-330) and index
Table of contents: title: Prologue: storm warning; title: The black sailor : chambermaid to the braid and nothing more; title: Racial unrest strikes the Army and Marines; title: The Zumwalt revolution; title: Kitty Hawk : the pot begins to boil; title: Blow off : the Kitty Hawl riot; title: More unrest : the Hassayampa riot; title: The sit-down strike on the Constellation; title: Negotiations with the protestors : a comedy of errors; title: The Hicks Subcommittee hearings : questions and motives; title: Violence on nearly every ship : race riots after Constellation; title: The struggle to eliminate bias in the fleet; title: From awareness to affirmation; title: Epilogue; title: Bibliography; title: Appendix: Navy ranks and ratings, 1970