At Corpus Christi Naval Air Station, a Negro seaman found out that color was a bar to advancement, no matter what the books said.
The station's daily bulletin had announced a call for "strikers"* in the aerological branch. The requisite: a high-school education. A dozen bluejackets applied for admittance to the aerological school. The Negro seaman's interview with the personnel officer went like this:
Personnel Officer: "Have you had physics?" (Recommended but not required.) The bluejacket had.
P.O.: "Have you ever had any calculus?" (Not required.) He had.
P.O.: "How much schooling have you had?" He...
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