West Point Hazing
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The hazing at the United States Military Academy that African American cadets experienced is illustrated in this Puck magazine cover from 1890. Young graduated from West Point in 1889 and was commissioned second lieutenant despite the added burden of racial prejudice. Courtesy of the Library of Congress.
This file appears in: Charles Young Birthplace
Charles Young Birthplace
Historical Marker #124 in Mason County notes the birthplace of Charles Young, an early African American graduate of the United States Military Academy and the first black colonel in the U.S. Army. Young was born into slavery in 1864, just as the…