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Summary:

"Based on original interviews with World War II veterans, The First Black Marines chronicles the powerful stories of the first African American men who trained and served in the US Marine Corps during the Jim Crow era. As a highly accessible introduction to oral history methodology, this graphic history empowers students to conduct their own research projects"-- [Provided by publisher]

Table of Contents:

• Part I, The Graphic History. When I Grow Up ; Where Hell Starts ; Black Marines in Jim Crow America ; Let the Mosquitoes Eat ; All of Them Are Legendary ; A 17-Year-Old Kid with a .45 Pistol ; Aftermaths and Legacies
• Part II, Starting A Research Project. Introduction ; Defining Questions ; Building a Critical Bibliography
• Part III, Historical Context. Jim Crow America ; African American and the US Military during the Second World War ; Montford Point Camp and the First Black Marines ; Montford Pointers in the Pacific Theater of Operations ; The Tension of Masculinity ; Looking Both Forward and Backward
• Part IV, Oral History: Applying A Research Methodology. Oral History as Method ; Oral History and Memory ; Oral History as a Community Act ; Our Approach and Experiences
• Part V, Interpretation. What Is the Job of the Historian in Interpretation? ; Critical Analysis ; Narrative Structures and Shared Experiences ; Analytical Moments: Hearing Individual Messages ; Interpreting through Comics: Choices and Debates
• Part VII, Primary Sources. Executive Order 8802. Prohibition of Discrimination in the Defense Industry (1941) ; Letter of Instruction No. 421 (1943) ; Pittsburgh Courier, "The Courier's Double 'V' for a Double Victory Campaign Gets Country-Wide Support" (1942) ; H.R. 2447, An Act to Grant the Congressional Gold Medal to the Montford Point Marines (2011)
• Part VII, Questions To Consider. Constructing a Usable Narrative ; Examining Multiple Interpretations ; Critically Investigating the Research Methodology ; Engaging with the Original Video Footage ; Reflecting
• Glossary.

Author/Creator:

Getz, Trevor R. , author

Contributors:

Willis, Robert , author

Geeter, Joe, III , author

Clarke, Liz, 1982- , illustrator

Languages:

English

Language Notes:

Item content: English

Main Work:

The first Black Marines: an oral history, a graphic history [by Getz, T.R.]

Other Related Resources:

Online version: First Black Marines [by Getz, T.R.] ([New York] : Oxford University Press, [2024] — ISBN 9780197650387; LCCN 2024021397; OCLC Number 1434568585)

Related Series:

Graphic history series

Subjects:

United States Marine Corps — African Americans — History — 20th century — Comic books, strips, etc.

United States Marine Corps — African Americans — Biography — Comic books, strips, etc.

Montford Point Camp (Camp Lejeune, N.C.) — Comic books, strips, etc.

United States Marine Corps — Recruiting, enlistment, etc. — World War, 1939-1945 — Comic books, strips, etc.

World War, 1939-1945 — Participation, African American — Comic books, strips, etc.

Race discrimination — United States — History — 20th century — Comic books, strips, etc.

Oral history — Methodology

Genres:

Graphic novels

Nonfiction comics

Oral histories

Informational works

General Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

Physical Description:

xiii, 217 pages : illustrations, maps ; 26 cm.

Call Numbers:

VE23 .G48 2025

ISBNs:

9780197650370 (paperback)
0197650376 (paperback)
9780197650387 (epub) [Invalid]

Library of Congress Control Numbers:

2024021396

OCLC Numbers:

1434180791