
World War I
World War I
By World War I, only two percent of all Sailors were African Americans. Notably, fourteen African American women enlisted to serve in the rank of Yeoman (F).
Other resources:
Downloadable African American Pamphlet
NHHC African American Experiennce
NHHC Library: History of the World War for Human Rights by Kelly Miller
80-CF-882-1_Box 175: U.S. Navy Officer's Mess Attendants at Naval Air Station, Key West, Florida, December 27, 1918. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives.