Alfred Masters, the first Black Marine since the Revolutionary War, enlisted during WWII, June 1, 1942. 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 …

Private Kenneth Tibbs was the first black Marine to lose his life on June 15, 1944. The Montford Pointers took full responsibility and performed at the highest combat level eradicating racial myths.

Mar 9, 2010 · Alfred Masters became the first African American to enlist in the United States Marine Corps. Shortly thereafter, more than 900 other African Americans enlisted. The first Marines’ arrived at...

May 28, 2021 · In the spring of 1942, orders went out to the Marine Corps Reserve Districts to begin black enlistment on June 1 st. On that date, at precisely 12:01 in the morning, 26-year-old Alfred Masters, a black civil service employee at the Army Supply Depot, accompanied by his wife, Isabell Arch, proudly raised his right hand in the Oklahoma City post ...

Jan 26, 2002 · MAJ. GEN. J. GARY COOPER, US Marine Corps, first black officer to lead Marines into battle in Vietnam. LT. GEN BENJAMIN O. DAVIS, JR., first black to become General in the US Air Force

Oct 30, 2020 · 15 photos of the first black Marines in US history The U.S. Marine Corps didn't allow black men into its ranks until 1942, months after America joined World War II and decades after the Army and Navy began accepting black troops.

Feb 4, 2025 · In 1942, the United States Marine Corps made a groundbreaking decision to open its doors to qualified cisgender Black men. While some may associate this pivotal moment with the Montford Point Marines, few are aware that Black individuals enlisted in the Marine Corps more than 160 years earlier.

Sep 21, 2022 · Established in 1942, the building was decommissioned in 1949 and is now part of a museum honoring the service of approximately 20,000 men who became the first Black recruits in the U.S. Marines...

Feb 1, 2025 · Alfred Masters (1916 – 1975) arrived on 17 November 1942 at Montford Point, a segregated training camp for Black Marines in Jacksonville, North Carolina. This camp became the training ground for the first Black American recruits in the Marine Corps, known as the Montford Point Marines.

Mar 9, 2021 · Breaking a tradition of 167 years, the Marine Corps started enlisting blacks, June 1, 1942. A group of the black volunteers in their dress uniforms, May 1943.