| Portion of title |
B-1 and the integration of the modern navy |
| Contents |
Backgrounds: military, social, political, and musical -- Formation: Greensboro and A&T College -- Training at Norfolk: no day at the beach -- Chapel Hill: "the best of times" -- Pearl Harbor: the biggest military band on "the rock" -- Coming home. |
| Abstract |
"B-1 was comprised of the first African Americans to serve at rank higher than messman in the modern Navy. B-1 was also the first of over a hundred black World War II Navy bands; its members were 'the best, most talented musicians in North Carolina.' B-1 was formed from a nucleus of NC A&T students and graduates, trained at Norfolk, and served at Chapel Hill with the Navy's pre-flight school and at Pearl Harbor, where they were stationed at the largest posting of African-American servicemen in the world."--Page 4 of cover. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (pages 171-194). |
| Acquisitions source |
Joyner- Gift of Alex Albright, 9/5/2013 |
| ISBN | 0984210229 |
| ISBN | 9780984210220 |
