First Black Marines: An Oral History

List of Maps
Preface
About the Authors and the Illustrator

Part I: The Graphic History
1: When I Grow Up
2: Where Hell Starts
3: Black Marines in Jim Crow America
4: Let the Mosquitoes Eat
5: All of Them Are Legendary
6: A 17-Year-Old Kid with a .45 Pistol
7: Aftermaths and Legacies

Part II: Starting a Research Project
Introduction
Defining Questions
Building a Critical Bibliography

Part III: Historical Context
Jim Crow America
African Americans 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 Tensions 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 Approaches 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 VI: Primary Sources
Executive Order 8802 (1941)
Letter of Instruction No. 421 (1943)
The 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

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• Segunda Guerra Mundial
• História oral
• As minorias étnicas e Estudos Multiculturais
• História das Américas
• História Militar
• História do século 20: c 1900 a c 2000