P. Paul Provost

A Sailor's Story: the Autobiography of Percy Paul Provost P. Paul Provost

INSCRIBED & dated by the author on the half title page: "To Mr & Mrs Richard Peterson. Percy P. Prevost 11-1-03. Also stamped on the same page: "God loves you and he will continue to love you. P. Paul Prevost". By P. Paul Prevost. ISBN 1-4107-5399-9. "A Sailor's Story, the autobiography about my life. No one else lived it. It contains a multitude ofhistory, that many people are not aware. Various conversations, in recent years, validate this fact. Many do not know how Blacks were treated in the South, the segregation that we endured. They had no idea of what the term 'Jim Crow' meant. This book brings to light the fact that discrimination was openly practiced in the U. S. Navy. When I enlisted, in 1939, Black men had no chance of duty assignments. It was understood. We would be 'menservants', only, performing menial chores. This book informs the public, primarily the young, Black generation, some positive experiences were realized as a 'Sailor'..."--from the back jacket.