The Marines of Montford Point: America's First Black Marines by Melton A. McLaurin

The Marines of Montford Point: America's First Black Marines

Melton A. McLaurin

216 pages first pub 2007 (editions)

nonfiction history emotional informative medium-paced
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With an executive order from President Franklin Roosevelt in 1941, the United States Marine Corps--the last all-white branch of the U.S. military--was forced to begin recruiting and enlisting African Americans. The first black recruits received ba...

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