Timeline
Lifetime:
1856 -
1940
Passed: ≈
84 years ago
Title
Writer
Country/Nationality
Henry Ossian Flipper
Books by Henry Ossian Flipper
Colored Cadet at West Point
History
Memoir
Non-Fiction
Biography
Slavery
History
Military
Racism
Civil War
African American
Cadet
West Point
First
Hazing
United States Military
Born into slavery in 1856, Henry Ossian Flipper became the first African American to graduate from the United States Military Academy at West Point in 1877. Despite facing racism and hostility, Flipper persevered and earned his place in history. This...