Author: Henry Ossian Flipper
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 162558377X
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 356
Book Description
Henry Ossian Flipper (21 March 1856 - 3 May 1940) was an American soldier, former slave, and the first African American to graduate from the United States Military Academy at West Point in 1877, earning a commission as a 2nd Lieutenant in the US Army.