Henry Ossian Flipper (March 21, 1856 – April 26, 1940) was an American soldier, engineer, former slave and in 1877, the first African American to graduate...

Look up Flipper or flipper in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Flipper may refer to: Flipper (anatomy), a forelimb of an aquatic animal, useful for steering...

African-American graduate of the United States Military Academy (after Henry Ossian Flipper). John Hanks Alexander was born on January 6, 1864, at Helena, Arkansas...

Smith's tenure at West Point is obscured by the accomplishments of Henry Ossian Flipper, the first black cadet to graduate from West Point. James Webster...

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stageplay and working on an opera based on the courts martial of Henry Ossian Flipper, the first black graduate from West Point. Cognizant of the opportunities...

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lawyer hours. Attorneys with the firm assisted the family of Lt. Henry Ossian Flipper in obtaining the first posthumous presidential pardon in U.S. history...

was never rebuilt. One of Ponder's slaves, Festus Flipper, was the father of Henry Ossian Flipper, who later became the first African American cadet...

impossible to grant a pardon posthumously. However, in the case of Henry Ossian Flipper, this view was altered when President Bill Clinton pardoned him in...

clear how this logic applies to persons who are deceased (such as Henry Ossian Flipper, who was pardoned by Bill Clinton), those who are relieved from penalties...

a class of 276. He was the academy's fourth black graduate after Henry Ossian Flipper (1877), John Hanks Alexander (1887), and Charles Young (1889). When...

US Women's Amateur Championship; one of the founders of the LPGA Henry Ossian Flipper – first African American graduate of West Point in 1877[citation...

1878 after the end of the Romanian independence war). June 15 – Henry Ossian Flipper becomes the first African American cadet to graduate from the U.S...

the Pasadena Playhouse in Pasadena, California, in September 2007. Henry Ossian Flipper, first African American to graduate from West Point, Class of 1877...

military cemetery by U.S. Secretary of War Edwin M. Stanton. 1877 – Henry Ossian Flipper becomes the first African American cadet to graduate from the United...

deficiency under controversial circumstances in 1874. As a result, Henry O. Flipper of Georgia became the first black graduate in 1877, graduating 50th...

are stark and clear of the suffering endured. Second Lieutenant Henry Ossian Flipper was the first African-American graduate of the United States Military...

During the academy's first 174 years, only men were admitted, with Henry Ossian Flipper in 1877 being the first African-American graduate. Vincent K. Brooks...

the King Center for Nonviolent Social Change on January 13, 1970. Henry Ossian Flipper was reburied in his hometown of Thomasville, Georgia on February...

second lieutenant, the third Black man to do so at the time (after Henry Ossian Flipper and John Hanks Alexander, and the last one until Benjamin O. Davis...

Armstrong Custer, class of 1861 John Wynn Davidson, class of 1845 Henry Ossian Flipper, class of 1877 James W. Forsyth, class of 1856 Robert S. Garnett...

first African-American commissioned officer in the U.S. military: Henry Ossian Flipper. First African-American elected to Phi Beta Kappa: George Washington...

Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show opens (ends May 11). June 15 – Henry Ossian Flipper becomes the first African American cadet to graduate from the United...

Name District Sentenced Offense Henry Ossian Flipper U.S. Army (court-martial) 1881 Conduct unbecoming an officer...

mainly in the South. Flipper married Amanda Slater on February 24, 1880. They had three children. His brother was Henry Ossian Flipper. He died on October...

President Bill Clinton issues a posthumous pardon for U.S. Army Lt. Henry Ossian Flipper. February 23 – White supremacist John William King is found guilty...

going back to the 10th. While at the Military Academy Bigelow met Henry Ossian Flipper a classmate who had been born a slave. Bigelow faced for the first...

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Heritage Trail Tour", a "step-on, step-off" tour which focuses on Henry Ossian Flipper (1856–1940), an American soldier and former slave. The museum successfully...