National Museum of the U.S. Navy

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.