March 17th is the Celebration of the Golden Thirteen Day!!! The Golden Thirteen were the first African-American Naval Officers that were appointed in March of 1944, I am not sure of the actual day, but it would have been around this day. This was a huge accomplishment and progression for the military of the Navy. FDR had signed an executive order in June of 1941 that prohibited racial discrimination in any government agency, but not until extreme pressure from Eleanor Roosevelt and others did they actually start a training program in 1994 for these officers that they finally went through. It is too bad that this did not happen sooner, but I am very happy that it did happen and very proud of the long line of African-Americans in the Navy and military after and before. There have been sooo many more since then, but on this day we definitely want to celebrate these men! Thank you Golden Thirteen for all of your contributions and inspiration! Please click the link below and learn more about the Golden Thirteen. :-)
http://www.history.navy.mil/photos/prs-tpic/af-amer/afa-g-13.htm
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