Henry Ossian Flipper #OnThisDay
On 14 June 1877, Henry Ossian Flipper was the first African American to graduate from the ...
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On 14 June 1877, Henry Ossian Flipper was the first African American to graduate from the United States Military Academy at West Point, earning a commission as a second lieutenant in the United States Army. Henry was born into slavery on March 21 1856 in Thomasville Georgia, owned by slave trader Ephraim G. Ponder. Henry's family were extraordinary. One of his younger brother's, Joseph Simeon Flipper was an American bishop and academic.
