BIBFRAME Work

Title

The first Black Marines

Type

• Text
• Monograph

Contribution

• Clarke, Liz, 1982- (illustrator)
• Geeter, Joe, III (author)
• Willis, Robert (author)
• Getz, Trevor R (author)

Subject

• United States. Marine Corps--African Americans--History--20th century (LCSH)
• United States. Marine Corps--Recruiting, enlistment, etc.--World War, 1939-1945 (LCSH)
• World War, 1939-1945--Participation, African American (LCSH)
• Montford Point Camp (Camp Lejeune, N.C.)--Comic books, strips, etc (LCSH)
• Race discrimination--United States--History--20th century (LCSH)
• United States. Marine Corps--African Americans (LCSH)

Genre Form

• Comics (Graphic works) (LCGFT)
• Biographies (LCGFT)

Language

• English

Illustrative Content

• illustrations

Classification

• DDC: 359.9/608996073 (Assigner: dlc)
• LCC: VE23 .G48 2025 (Assigner: dlc) (Status: uba)

Content

• text

Supplementary content

• bibliography

Summary

"Based on original interviews with World War II veterans, The First Black Marines chronicles the powerful stories of the first African American men who trained and served in the US Marine Corps during the Jim Crow era. As a highly accessible introduction to oral history methodology, this graphic history empowers students to conduct their own research projects"-- Provided by publisher.

Authorized Access Point

Getz, Trevor R. The first Black Marines

Geographic Coverage

• North Carolina
• United States

Admin Metadata

• Date: 2026-09-30T17:44:49.878854+00:00
• Agent: cbc
• Status: c
• Derived from: 23696810

Admin Metadata

• Date: 2026-09-30
• Cataloger id: Unknown
• Description level: bibframe-2-6-0
• Description language: eng
• Description authentication: pcc