Desegregation in the United States Marine Corps
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Desegregation in the United States Marine Corps
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The United States Marine Corps (USMC) is a desegregated force, made up of troops of all races working and fighting alongside each other. In 1776 and 1777, a dozen African American Marines served in the American Revolutionary War, but from 1798 to 1942, the USMC followed a racially discriminatory policy of denying African Americans the opportunity to serve as Marines. For more than 140 years, the Marines recruited primarily European Americans and Hispanic and Latino Americans, along with a few As
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Desegregation_in_the_United_States_Marine_Corps
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2011-05-31T19:37:19Z
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2024-09-07T18:16:37Z
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