Trailblazer: The U.S. Navy's First Black Admiral

A Navy pioneer, Vice Adm. Samuel Gravely was the first African American to be commissioned an officer in the U.S. Navy, the first to command a Navy ship, the first to command a fleet, and the first to become an admiral. In this memoir, co-written by the noted naval historian Paul Stillwell, he describes his life from boyhood in Richmond, Virginia, through his enlisted service on a World War II submarine chaser, to later tours of duty at sea and a...

By Vice Admiral Samuel L. Gravely Jr. USN
Hardcover: 288 pages
Publisher: Naval Institute Press (October 15, 2010)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1591143381
ISBN-13: 978-1591143383
Product Dimensions: 6.2 x 1.2 x 9.2 inches
Amazon Rank: 1457476
Format: PDF ePub djvu book

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"Trailblazer, The U.S. Navy's First Black Admiral", is a tour de force first-person account of the life of Samuel L. Gravely, Jr. In his youth, he learned well the lessons of Jim Crow in his home-town of Richmond, Virginia. In spite of the various ob

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