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Proud Graduate: Henry Flipper was the first African-American awarded a degree by the U.S. Military Academy. (Hulton Archive/Getty Images)
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Proud Graduate: Henry Flipper was the first African-American awarded a degree by the U.S. Military Academy. (Hulton Archive/Getty Images)
Hulton Archive/Getty Images