The fall of a black army officer : racism and the myth of Henry O. Flipper by Charles M. Robinson

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The fall of a black army officer : racism and the myth of Henry O. Flipper

by Charles M. Robinson

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Lieutenant Henry O. Flipper was a former slave who rose to become the first African American graduate of West Point. While serving as commissary officer at Fort Davis, Texas, in 1881, he was charged with embezzlement and conduct unbecoming an officer and a gentleman.

The taint of racism on the Flipper affair became so widely accepted that in 1999 President Bill Clinton issued a posthumous pardon for Flipper. Robinson boldly moves the arguments regarding racism - in both Lt. Flipper's case and the frontier army in general - beyond political correctness. Solidly grounded in archival research, it is a thorough and provocative reassessment of the Flipper affair, at last revealing the truth.

(retrieved from Amazon Fri, 24 Apr 2009 07:58:23 -0400)

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