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On This Day in 1877: Henry Ossian Flipper Graduates From West Point
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On This Day in 1877: Henry Ossian Flipper Graduates From West Point
(AURN News) — On June 14, 1877, Henry Ossian Flipper became the first African American to graduate from West Point. Born enslaved in Georgia in 1856, Flipper endured years of isolation and racism at the United States Military Academy. Although he was not the first Black cadet admitted — James Webster Smith entered in 1870 but did not graduate — Flipper completed the rigorous program and was commissioned as a second lieutenant in the all-Black 10…
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