The United Navy B-1 Band helped integrate the modern Navy by the first African American sailors to serve at a rank higher than Messman. Comprising the most talented African American students and graduates primarily from North Carolina A&T College, 44 band members enlisted June 1, 1942.
The United Navy B-1 Band helped integrate the modern Navy by the first African American sailors to serve at a rank higher than Messman. Comprising the most talented African American students and graduates primarily from North Carolina A&T College, 44 band members enlisted June 1, 1942.
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