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Trevor R. Getz is Professor of African and World History at San Francisco State University. His first graphic history, Abina and the Important Men, was the winner of the 2014 James Harvey Robinson Prize, and he is the recipient of the American Historical Association's 2020 Eugene Asher Distinguished Teaching Award. Robert Willis is a public historian. A student of cinema and history, he is driven by a desire to construct effective ways to communicate to the masses and to enrich the lives of people who look like him. Master Gunnery Sergeant Joseph H. Geeter III, USMC retired, enrolled in the Marine Corps in 1976 and spent twenty-five years on active duty. He served as the 16th President of the National Montford Point Marine Association, Inc. Liz Clarke is a professional illustrator based in Cape Town, South Africa. She has contributed to a variety of graphic history publications, including several titles in the Graphic History Series published by Oxford University Press.
Detailed, well-written, and highly accurate, The First Black Marines offers a model for how we should teach oral history in the twenty-first century. * Reginald K. Ellis, Florida A&M University * The First Black Marines tackles difficult yet inspiring history in an incredibly accessible way. Kudos to the authors for allowing us to hear this history from the brave men who lived it, while teaching us about historiography along the way. Sure to be enjoyed by students and casual readers alike! * Melissa Ziobro, Monmouth University * This graphic history walks students step-by-step through the field of history and what it means to be a historian. Stunning visuals recreate life at Montford Point for the first African American Marines since the American Revolution. The First Black Marines sheds light on their experiences as men, Marines, and African Americans fighting for the double victory in the Jim Crow South and in the Pacific theater of World War II. These men faced discrimination, hardship, and injustice with poise and honor, and their stories, interpreted through the eyes of historians Trevor Getz, Robert Willis, and Gunnery Sergeant Joseph H. Geeter III, provide insight into how the battle for civil rights was fought on a multitude of fronts while providing the reader with lessons that are still applicable to the struggles our country faces today. * Toni Nicholas, Red Rocks Community College *
