Learn how Lt. Henry O. Flipper, the first African American graduate of West Point, engineer and civil servant, went from court-martial to being honored through West Point's annual Henry O. Flipper Award that goes to graduates who exhibit “leadership, self-discipline, and perseverance in the face of unusual difficulties.”

Sources:

• Henry O. Flipper's The Colored Cadet at West Point: Autobiography of Lieut. Henry Ossian Flipper, U. S. A., First Graduate of Color from the U. S. Military Academy,

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