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Author Schneller, Robert John, 1957- author.

Title Breaking the color barrier : the U.S. Naval Academy's first Black midshipmen and the struggle for racial equality / Robert J. Schneller, Jr
Published New York : New York University Press, ©2005

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Description 1 online resource (xii, 331 pages) : illustrations, portraits, plates
Contents pt. I. 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 -- Greater challenge -- Demerits by the bucketful -- Success and celebrity
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 259-320) and index
Subject United States Naval Academy -- Admission
United States Naval Academy. Brigade of Midshipmen -- Membership
SUBJECT United States Naval Academy fast
United States Naval Academy. Brigade of Midshipmen fast
Subject African American midshipmen -- Maryland -- Annapolis
Discrimination in higher education -- United States
African American midshipmen
Discrimination in higher education
Membership requirements
Race relations
Universities and colleges -- Admission
SUBJECT United States -- Race relations. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85140494
Subject Maryland -- Annapolis
United States
Form Electronic book
ISBN 0814740138
9780814740132
Other Titles U.S. Naval Academy's first Black midshipmen and the struggle for racial equality
US Naval Academy's first Black midshipmen and the struggle for racial equality