During which years were African American Marines segregated at Montford Point in North Carolina?

• A. 1939 to 1942
• B. 1942 to 1949
• C. 1950 to 1955
• D. 1941 to 1945

Answer: (B)

Montford Point was the segregated training site the Marine Corps used for African American recruits starting in 1942. The program stayed segregated there through the end of World War II and into the immediate postwar period, ending around 1949 when the Marine Corps began desegregation and moved recruit training to integrated facilities. This makes 1942 to 1949 the period of segregation at Montford Point. The other time frames don’t fit because Montford Point opened in 1942 and the segregation did not extend into the early 1950s or begin in 1939.