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Author Schneller, Robert John, 1957-

Title Breaking the color barrier : the U.S. Naval Academy's first black midshipmen and the struggle for racial equality / Robert J. Schneller, Jr.

Publication Info. New York : New York University Press, [2005]
©2005
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 Moore Stacks  V415.L1 S36 2005    Available  ---
Description xii, 331 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 305-320) and index.
Contents Pt. I. The glorious failure : Reconstruction and the Naval Academy, 1872-1876. "Not-- their equals socially" -- "Speechless walls as companions" -- Pt. II. Persona non grata : Jim Crow and the Naval Academy, 1877-1941. Segregation by occupation -- "Railroaded out of Navy" -- "They shall not pass" -- Pt. III. Breaking the color barrier : World War II and the first black graduate, 1942-1949. Racial policy "revolution" -- The greater challenge -- Demerits by the bucketful -- Success and celebrity.
Subject African American midshipmen -- Maryland -- Annapolis.
African American midshipmen.
Maryland -- Annapolis.
United States Naval Academy -- Admission.
United States Naval Academy.
United States Naval Academy. Brigade of Midshipmen -- Membership.
United States Naval Academy. Brigade of Midshipmen.
Discrimination in higher education -- United States.
Discrimination in higher education.
United States.
United States -- Race relations.
Race relations.
ISBN 0814740138 cloth alkaline paper

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