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African American sailors History 20th century Kitty Hawk (Aircraft carrier) Mutiny History 20th century Race discrimination United States History 20th century Race riots History 20th century United States History, Naval 20th century United States Race relations History 20th century United States. Navy African Americans History 20th century United States. Navy Biography Vietnam War, 1961-1975 Naval operations, AmericanTruhe, Marv
Summary: "The US Navy charged Black sailors with rioting and assaults on White sailors in an incident referred to as a race riot, while totally ignoring violent unprovoked assaults committed by White sailors and Marines. Author Marv Truhe was a Navy JAG defense lawyer seeking justice for the accused Black sailors. Truhe possesses one of the most complete collections, personal or institutional, of...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Lawrence Hill Books 2023
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 959.704 TRUFreeman, Gregory A.
Summary: In the vein of Crimson Tide, with action pulled straight from a high seas thriller, this is the exciting story of a mutiny that the U.S. Navy denies to this day. In 1972, the U.S.S. Kitty Hawk was headed to her station in the Gulf of Tonkin when many of the five thousand men cooped up for the longest at-sea tour of the unpopular war rioted -- or, as Freeman claims, mutinied. Most disturbingly,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Palgrave Macmillan 2009