U.S. Coast Guard African American Integrated Crew Cutter Yocona- 1925 Photo

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U.S. Coast Guard African American Crew Cutter Yocona 8 1/4x11 Photo
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This 1925 photograph shows the earliest image of an integrated crew with African-American enlisted personnel. However, Cutter Yocona was not a deliberate experiment in desegregation. U.S. Coast Guard photo.      Cutter Yocona of Vicksburg, Mississippi, served as a minority highlight of the Interwar Period. With the exception of officers and non-commissioned officers (NCOs), the enlisted crew was entirely African-American, including petty officers in every rating. Yocona was one of the first integrated ships in U.S. history; however, the service never recognized Yocona as an experiment in desegregation. More than likely, the service hired the best-qualified watermen in the area without intending the cutter to serve as an example of racial integration. Later, in World War II, the U.S. Navy's first desegregated ships employed this same system of white officers and NCOs, with black enlisted men while the war's desegregated Coast Guard cutters included African-Americans in both senior enlisted and officer ranks.
Photo Credit: U.S. Coast Guard
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