Black Sailor, White Navy: Racial Unrest in the Fleet during the Vietnam War Era
344Black Sailor, White Navy: Racial Unrest in the Fleet during the Vietnam War Era
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Overview
John Darrell Sherwood has mined the archives of the U.S. Navy and conducted scores of interviews with Vietnam veterans — both black and white — and other military personnel to reveal the full extent of racial unrest in the Navy during the Vietnam War era, as well as the Navy’s attempts to control it. During the second half of the Vietnam War, the Navy witnessed some of the worst incidents of racial strife ever experienced by the American military. Sherwood introduces us to fierce encounters on American warships and bases, ranging from sit-down strikes to major race riots.
The Navy’s journey from a state of racial polarization to one of relative harmony was not an easy one, and Black Sailor, White Navy focuses on the most turbulent point in this road: the Vietnam War era.
Product Details
ISBN-13: | 9780814740361 |
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Publisher: | New York University Press |
Publication date: | 11/01/2007 |
Pages: | 344 |
Sales rank: | 554,980 |
Product dimensions: | 6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.94(d) |
About the Author
Table of Contents
AcknowledgmentsPrologue: Storm Warning
Glossary
1 The Black Sailor: Chambermaid to the Braid and Nothing More
2 Racial Unrest Strikes the Army and Marines
3 The Zumwalt Revolution
4 Kitty Hawk: The Pot Begins to Boil
5 Blow Off: The Kitty Hawk Riot
6 More Unrest: The Hassayampa Riot
7 The Sit-down Strike on the Constellation
8 Negotiations with the Protesters: A Comedy of Errors
9 The Hicks Subcommittee Hearings: Questions and Motives
10 Violence on Nearly Every Ship: Race Riots after Constellation
11 The Struggle to Eliminate Bias in the Fleet
12 From Awareness to Afürmation
Epilogue
Appendix: Navy Ranks and Ratings, 1973
Notes
Bibliography
Index
About the Author
What People are Saying About This
Black Sailor, White Navy is well researched and relies heavily on primary sources, particularly from the navy. Sherwood's main sources for the book are the JAGMAN (the Judge Advocate General's Manual) investigations of the racial incidents. The investigations provide a detailed report of the incidents and any recommendations for corrective or disciplinary action."-Journal of American Ethnic History,
"Sherwood's contribution to our understanding of the racial tension that the navy experienced as the Vietnam War ended for American troops should interest military historians and students of the Vietnam War."-Ron Milam,Military History of the West
“A scholarly, readable, and thought provoking account of a troubled period in American history. Readers interested in the Navy, the Vietnam conflict, and race relations will find this authoritative study invaluable.”
-Journal of Military History
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“A valuable contribution to the growing historiography on racial and ethnic minorities in wartime. . . . Sherwood’s good writing, voluminous research, and perceptive conclusions should make his book the standard treatment of its subject.”
-American Historical Review
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“U. S. Naval Historian Center historian John Darrell Sherwoods examines the racial situation in the Navy during the sixities and seventies and the Navy’s attempts to deal with it.”
-The VVA Veteran