The Resource The Golden Thirteen : Recollections of the First Black Naval Officers
The Golden Thirteen : Recollections of the First Black Naval Officers
Resource Information
The item The Golden Thirteen : Recollections of the First Black Naval Officers represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in University of Missouri Libraries.This item is available to borrow from 1 library branch.
Resource Information
The item The Golden Thirteen : Recollections of the First Black Naval Officers represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in University of Missouri Libraries.
This item is available to borrow from 1 library branch.
- Summary
- 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 together so all would succeed. Despite the demanding pace, all sixteen passed the course. Twelve were commissioned as ensigns and a thirteenth was made a warrant officer. Years later these pioneers came to be known as the Golden Thirteen, but at the outse
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- 1 online resource (484 pages)
- Contents
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- Cover; Title Page; Copyright; Contents; Foreword; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1. The Importance of Inspiration; 2. Training the Golden Thirteen; 3. Living a Respectable Life; 4. Producing Something the World Wants to Buy; 5. The Golden Thirteen Plus One; 6. A Naval Officer Instead of a Flier; 7. Live and Let Live; 8. Run My Mouth and Boss Like Hell; 9. James Hair and the USS Mason; 10. Son of a Slave; 11. A More Democratic Navy Than the Nation It Serves; 12. Legacy of the Thirteen; Appendix A: Memorandum from Adlai Stevenson to Frank Knox; Appendix B: Life Magazine, April 24, 1944
- Appendix C: Black Personnel in Today's NavyIndex; Photo Credits; About the Editor
- Isbn
- 9781612511627
- Label
- The Golden Thirteen : Recollections of the First Black Naval Officers
- Title
- The Golden Thirteen
- Title remainder
- Recollections of the First Black Naval Officers
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- 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 together so all would succeed. Despite the demanding pace, all sixteen passed the course. Twelve were commissioned as ensigns and a thirteenth was made a warrant officer. Years later these pioneers came to be known as the Golden Thirteen, but at the outse
- Cataloging source
- EBLCP
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Stillwell, Paul L
- Dewey number
- 359.00899607
- Index
- no index present
- LC call number
- VB324.A47
- Literary form
- non fiction
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- United States
- United States
- TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING
- TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING
- Armed Forces
- Armed Forces
- Label
- The Golden Thirteen : Recollections of the First Black Naval Officers
- Carrier category
- online resource
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- cr
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
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- Contents
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- Cover; Title Page; Copyright; Contents; Foreword; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1. The Importance of Inspiration; 2. Training the Golden Thirteen; 3. Living a Respectable Life; 4. Producing Something the World Wants to Buy; 5. The Golden Thirteen Plus One; 6. A Naval Officer Instead of a Flier; 7. Live and Let Live; 8. Run My Mouth and Boss Like Hell; 9. James Hair and the USS Mason; 10. Son of a Slave; 11. A More Democratic Navy Than the Nation It Serves; 12. Legacy of the Thirteen; Appendix A: Memorandum from Adlai Stevenson to Frank Knox; Appendix B: Life Magazine, April 24, 1944
- Appendix C: Black Personnel in Today's NavyIndex; Photo Credits; About the Editor
- Control code
- 854968997
- Dimensions
- unknown
- Extent
- 1 online resource (484 pages)
- Form of item
- online
- Isbn
- 9781612511627
- Media category
- computer
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
- c
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- d39fcd51-f807-4e25-9e9c-9bcd42773007
- Specific material designation
- remote
- System control number
- (OCoLC)854968997
- Label
- The Golden Thirteen : Recollections of the First Black Naval Officers
- Carrier category
- online resource
- Carrier category code
- cr
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
-
- Cover; Title Page; Copyright; Contents; Foreword; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1. The Importance of Inspiration; 2. Training the Golden Thirteen; 3. Living a Respectable Life; 4. Producing Something the World Wants to Buy; 5. The Golden Thirteen Plus One; 6. A Naval Officer Instead of a Flier; 7. Live and Let Live; 8. Run My Mouth and Boss Like Hell; 9. James Hair and the USS Mason; 10. Son of a Slave; 11. A More Democratic Navy Than the Nation It Serves; 12. Legacy of the Thirteen; Appendix A: Memorandum from Adlai Stevenson to Frank Knox; Appendix B: Life Magazine, April 24, 1944
- Appendix C: Black Personnel in Today's NavyIndex; Photo Credits; About the Editor
- Control code
- 854968997
- Dimensions
- unknown
- Extent
- 1 online resource (484 pages)
- Form of item
- online
- Isbn
- 9781612511627
- Media category
- computer
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
- c
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/overdrive/overdriveId
- d39fcd51-f807-4e25-9e9c-9bcd42773007
- Specific material designation
- remote
- System control number
- (OCoLC)854968997
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