The Marines of Montford Point : America's first Black Marines

The Marines of Montford Point : America's first Black Marines /

With an executive order from President Franklin Roosevelt in 1941, the United States Marine Corps--the last all-white branch of the U.S. military--was forced to begin recruiting and enlisting African Americans. The first black recruits received basic training at the segregated Camp Montford Point, a...

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Main Author: McLaurin, Melton Alonza (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, [2007]
Subjects:
United States. > Marine Corps > African Americans > History > 20th century.
Montford Point Camp (Camp Lejeune, N.C.)
Camp Lejeune (N.C.) > History > 20th century.
United States > Race relations > History > 20th century.
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