Henry Ossian Flipper was born into slavery on March 31, 1856, in Thomasville, Georgia. He would go on to become the first African American to graduate from the United States Military Academy at West Point in 1877. Despite facing intense racism and isolation during his time at the academy, Flipper’s graduation marked a historic breakthrough in the fight for racial equality in the U.S. military.
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