The First Black Midshipman at the United States Naval Academy.

Autor: Schneller Jr., Robert J.
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Zdroj: Journal of Blacks in Higher Education (Theodore Cross Family Charitable Foundation); Summer2005, Issue 48, p104-107, 4p
Abstrakt: Presents an excerpt from the book "Breaking the Color Barrier: The U.S. Naval Academy's First Black Midshipmen and the Struggle for Racial Equality," about James Conyers, the first African-American midshipman at the U.S. Naval Academy in Annapolis, Maryland. Experience with the academy's institutional racism; Racial harassment experience by Conyers during hazing; Conyers' academic problems.
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