Black Men and Blue Water

Chester A. Wright

AuthorHouse, 2009 - Fiction - 412 pages

This story or history was written to correct one of the many wrongs in the recording of American History. It is a fact that the victors in battle or those in power in peace write the history of past events to support their views of what should have happened versus the cold hard facts. This is the story of the Stewards, Cooks and Messboys who manned that branch of naval service. The story of the men who fought and served under trying circumstances. The story of men who served their country when to do so was to endure, or to appear to accept the humiliating admission of one's own inferiority. In this story can be found the heretofore-unwritten chapters of one phase of the Negroes' march toward freedom in America, written by a man who participated in it.

Contents

• Negro Participation and Performance in: 37
• FROMTHEWAROF 1812 TO THE CIVIL: 97
• The Civil War and the PostWar Reconstruction: 105
• The End of Reconstruction 1877: 137
• The Next Push Toward A Naval Policy Based Upon: 158
• NEGROES IN THE U S NAVY DURING: 175
• The Proud History of the Stewards Branch: 184
• World War I and the Final Push for a Lily White: 192
• The Lost Battalion: 221
• The Messboys Required Adaptation for Naval: 240
• The Selection: 259
• The Effects of Executive Order 8802 Upon: 282
• The Battle Record of the Navys: 306
• Changes in U S Naval Policy Between WWII: 327
• Racism Retards Navys Vietnam Effort: 352
• Epilogue: 375

Bibliographic information

• Title: Black Men and Blue Water
• Author: Chester A. Wright
• Publisher: AuthorHouse, 2009
• ISBN: 1434370607, 9781434370600
• Length: 412 pages
• Subjects: Fiction / General