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The Golden Thirteen: Recollections of the First Black Naval Officers
The Golden Thirteen Recollections of the First Black Naval Officers
Author: Colin L. Powell
Foreword by Colin L. Powell. In January 1944 sixteen black enlisted men gathered at the Great Lakes Naval Training Station in Illinois to begin a cram course that would turn them into the U.S. Navy's first African-American officers on active duty. The men believed they could set back the course of racial justice if they failed and banded togethe...  more »
ISBN-13: 9781591148401
ISBN-10: 1591148405
Pages: 336
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Publisher: Naval Institute Press
Book Type: Paperback
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