Includes bibliographical references (pages 193-196) and indexes.
Summary
With an executive order from FDR in 1941, the United States Marine Corps was forced to begin recruiting and enlisting African Americans. The first black recruits received basic training at the segregated Camp Montford Point, near Jacksonville, North Carolina.
Contents
Home towns -- Joining up -- Getting there -- Training at Montford Point -- Resisting segregation in the civilian world -- Fighting segregation in the Corps -- Combat and service: World War II -- Combat and service: Korea and Vietnam -- Legacy -- Epilogue: interviewee biographies.
