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Lieutenant Henry O. Flipper, "Buffalo Soldier"Entry/Object ID
L2007.30.2Description
Lieutenant Henry O. Flipper, "Buffalo Soldier", is about West Point's First Black Graduate (1877) and the American frontier's first black officer. He was also a surveyor, engineer, translator, author and government agent. It took ninety-six years to end a struggle for justice and recognition for a man who, though born slave, became one of the most important black Americans of his time. After an unjust dishonorable discharge, the name of Lieutenant Henry Ossian Flipper, "buffalo soldier, gentleman and scholar, was vindicated. Flipper served at Fort Sill, Oklahoma, and Fort Elliot, Fort Davis and Fort Concho in Texas.
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Discrimination, Segregation, Civil rights, EducationSearch Terms
West Point, Class 1877, Discrimination, First BlackkOfficer, Fort Sill, Fort Elliott, Fort Concho, Fort Davis, Court Martial, Biography, Military, Black History, Blacks in the Military, Buffalo SoldiersBook Details
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Hilton, David HiltonPlace Published
City
OdessaState/Province
TexasDate Published
1989Call No.
BlackHist HINotes
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Henry O. Flipper