The golden thirteen : how Black men won the right to wear Navy gold /

This is the story of the thirteen black men who broke one of the military's most rigid racial barriers and integrated the officer corps of the United States Navy.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Goldberg, Dan C., 1984- (Author)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Boston : Beacon Press, [2020]
Subjects:	United States. > Navy > African Americans. United States. > Navy > Officers > Biography. United States > Armed Forces > African American officers > History > 20th century. United States > History, Naval > 20th century.

Description
Summary:	This is the story of the thirteen black men who broke one of the military's most rigid racial barriers and integrated the officer corps of the United States Navy.
Physical Description:	272 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Bibliography:	Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:	9780807021583 080702158X