Forgotten First B-1 and the Integration of the Modern Navy

History of the regimental band from North Carolina that was comprised of the first African Americans to serve the modern Navy at rank higher than messman. Most of the bandsmen were from Greensboro or associated with North Carolina A&T University there. They trained at Norfolk and were stationed at Chapel Hill and Pearl Harbor, where they were the largest American military band in the Pacific Theater. 70 images; extensive notes and bibliography; afterword.