Henry Flipper

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    Henry Flipper, the first African-American graduate of the US Military Academy, was unjustly court-martialed while assigned as Quartermaster and Assistant Commissary of Subsistence at Fort Davis, Texas. Thanks to his natural abilities he succeeded in multiple business ventures and government appointments, regained his good name and reputation, and was eventually exonerated from all charges.

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