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African Americans and the U. S. Navy

• African Americans in the U. S. Navy: A Bibliography
• Amistad and the U.S. Navy
• Ship's Cook Doris "Dorie" Miller: Biography of an African American Sailor
• Port Chicago Naval Magazine Explosion, 17 July 1944
• Master Chief Boatswain's Mate Carl Brashear, USN (Ret.)
• African Americans and U.S. Navy; Photographs
• Documents Relating to African Americans in the Armed Services

1. Emancipation Proclamation, U.S. Navy General Order No. 4 of 14 January 1863

2. Secretary of the Navy Press Release: Navy to Accept Negroes for General Service, 7 April 1942

3. Secretary of the Navy Press Release: Negro Women to be Accepted in Wormen's Reserve, U.S. Naval Reserve, 19 October 1944

4. Bureau of Naval Personnel Circular Letter 269-43: Nondiscrimination in Selection of Personnel for Training in Navy V-12 Program, 15 December 1943

5. The Guide to Command of Negro Naval Personnel, Bureau of Naval Personnel,1945

6. Presidential Executive Order 9981: Desegregation of the Armed Services, 26 July 1948

7. Admiral Zumwalt's Z-gram 66 on Equal Opportunity, 17 December 1970

8. Racial Incidents Onboard USS Kitty Hawk (CVA-63) and USS Constellation (CVA-64), 1972

10 April 2003