Born in slavery, Charles Young (1864-1922) was the third Black graduate of West Point, the first Black U.
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After Young, racial intolerance closed the door to blacks at the academy, and forty-seven years passed before another African American graduated from West Point.
Unlike the two Black graduates before him, Young went on to a long military career, eventually achieving the rank of colonel. military attach , and the highest-ranking Black officer in the Regular Army until his death.
Born in slavery, Charles Young (1864-1922) was the third Black graduate of West Point, the first Black U.
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