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| Bibliography and Research Sources |
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| Selected Internet Sources |
http://www.itd.nps.gov/cwss/sailors_index.html
Black Sailors: The Howard University Research Project |
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African Americans in the U.S. Merchant Marine and U.S. Maritime Service
(http://www.usmm.org/african-americans.html)
This site provides profiles of various prominent African American merchant mariners. Also included are information on Liberty ships named in honor of famous African Americans. |
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http://www.mit.edu/people/bpfoley/slavery2.html
Slaves in the American Maritime Economy, 1638-1865: Economic and Cultural Roles |
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http://www.visibleblackhistory.com/black_seafaring.htm
Black seafaring in Maine |
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| http://www.marad.dot.gov/education_landing_page/k_12/k_12_salute/SalutetoAfricanAmericanMariners_detail_page.htm A Salute to African-American Mariners |
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African American History Month (http://www.loc.gov/topics/africanamericans/)
Library of Congress website dedicated to African American history month - honoring the efforts of the nation's African American forebears
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African Americans During World War II (http://www.archives.gov/research/african-americans/ww2-pictures/#mm)
The National Archives (Archives.gov) site for extensive audiovisual records of the African American experience during World War II, including Merchant Marine and Navy experience. |
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Selected Books on Black Seafarers Available at Luce Library
(Click here for a more lengthy bibliography of books on Black History ) |
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Circ V415.L1 S36 2005
Schneller, Robert J. Jr.
Breaking the color barrier : the U.S. Naval Academy’s first black midshipmen and the struggle for racial equality |
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Circ VB324.A47 D86 2008
Dunklin, Arthur L.
African American men and opportunity in the Navy: personal histories of eight chiefs |
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Circ VK140.S8 A3 2005
Sawyer, Cornelius "Buzz"
Two voyages I remember : a merchant mariner’s memoir |
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Circ VK221 .B65 1997
Bolster, W. J.
Black Jacks: African American Seamen in the Age of Sail |
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Circ HD8039.S42 U617
Cohn, Michael & Michael K. H. Platzer
Black Men of the Sea
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Circ VK23 .P87 1987
Putney, Martha S.
Black Sailors: Afro-American Merchant Seamen and Whalemen Prior to the Civil War
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Circ VB324.A47 K56 2005
Knoblock, Glenn A.
Black Submariners in the United States Navy, 1940-1975
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Circ E185.97.C96 C84 1996
Wiggins, Rosalind C. (editor)
Captain Paul Cuffe's Logs and Letters, 1808-1817 |
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*G G540 .S645 2003 (GOVE Collection, 2nd floor)
Sokolow, Micheal
Charles Benson: Mariner of Color in the Age of Sail |
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Circ VK1430.A1 W75 2000
Wright, David & David Zoby
Fire on the Beach: Recovering the Lost Story of Richard Etheridge and the Pea Island Lifesavers |
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VB324.A47 N35 2003
Nalty, Bernard C.
Long Passage to Korea: Black Sailors and the Integration of the U. S. Navy |
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Circ D774.M36 K45 1999
Kelly, Mary P.
Proudly We Serve: The Men of the USS Mason |
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Circ E591 .R36 2002
Ramold, Steven J.
Slaves, Sailors, Citizens: African Americans in the Union Navy |
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