Sailors stand in ranks before manning the rails of Nimitz-class nuclear aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson (CVN-70) on Aug. 23, 2020. US Navy Photo
In 1972, then-Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Elmo Zumwalt made a public declaration on the need to fight racism in the Navy.
Two years after the service instituted a wide range of reforms to tackle discrimination, the Navy was still facing major problems. In 1972, racial violence broke out on three ships in a matter of months, prompting Zumwalt to issue...
https://news.usni.org/2020/09/23/navy-learning-from-past-attempts-to-eliminate-bias-in-the-fleet