Black sailor, white Navy : racial unrest in the fleet during the Vietnam War era

Black sailor, white Navy : racial unrest in the fleet during the Vietnam War era / John Darrell Sherwood.

Author/creator	Sherwood, John Darrell, 1966-
Format	Book and Print
Publication Info	New York : New York University Press, ©2007.
Description	xxiv, 344 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Supplemental Content	Table of contents only
Supplemental Content	Publisher description
Supplemental Content	Contributor biographical information
Subject(s)	Zumwalt, Elmo R., 1920-2000--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 against Black people--United States --History --20th century. Race discrimination--United States --History --20th century. United States--Race relations --History --20th century.

Contents	Prologue: storm warning -- The black sailor : chambermaid to the braid and nothing more -- Racial unrest strikes the Army and Marines -- The Zumwalt revolution -- Kitty Hawk : the pot begins to boil -- Blow off : the Kitty Hawl riot -- More unrest : the Hassayampa riot -- The sit-down strike on the Constellation -- Negotiations with the protestors : a comedy of errors -- The Hicks Subcommittee hearings : questions and motives -- Violence on nearly every ship : race riots after Constellation -- The struggle to eliminate bias in the fleet -- From awareness to affirmation -- Epilogue -- Bibliography -- Appendix: Navy ranks and ratings, 1970.
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references (p. 315-330) and index.
LCCN	2006102458
ISBN	9780814740361 (cloth : alk. paper)
ISBN	0814740367 (cloth : alk. paper)

Library	Location	Call Number	Status	Item Actions
Joyner	General Stacks	DS 559.8.B55 S53 2007	✔ Available	Place Hold