The Golden Thirteen

6:30pm - 7:30pm
Informational Talk
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Library Branch: Cranberry Public Library
Room: Franklin Station North Meeting Room
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Informational Talk
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In 1944, sixteen African American sailors arrived at Great Lakes for a groundbreaking officers’ training course. Thirteen of those men would become the first African American commissioned officers in Navy history.