Sequoia National Park

ID: 1184
This file appears in: Charles Young Birthplace

Charles Young became the first African American superintendent of a National Park. Courtesy of the Library of Congress.

This file appears in: Charles Young Birthplace

By Tim Talbott
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.…