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Informationen zum Autor Brian G. Shellum is a retired army officer who was decorated with the Bronze Star Medal and the Order of St. George, former government historian at the Defense Intelligence Agency, and retired intelligence officer with the Department of Defense. He is the author of Black Cadet in a White Bastion: Charles Young at West Point (Nebraska, 2006), Black Officer in a Buffalo Soldier Regiment: The Military Career of Charles Young (Nebraska, 2010), and Buffalo Soldiers in Alaska: Company L, Twenty-Fourth Infantry (Nebraska, 2021). Klappentext Born in slavery! Charles Young (1864-"1922) was the third black graduate of West Point! the first black U.S. military attachC)! and the highest-ranking black officer in the Regular Army until his death. Unlike the two black graduates before him! Young went on to a long military career! eventually achieving the rank of colonel. After Young! racial intolerance closed the door to blacks at the academy! and forty-seven years passed before another African American graduated from West Point. Brian G. Shellum's biography of Young's years at West Point chronicles the enormous challenges that Young faced and provides a valuable window into life at West Point in the 1880s. Academic difficulties! hazing! and social ostracism dogged him throughout his academy years. He succeeded through a combination of focused intellect! hard work! and a sense of humor. By graduation! he had made white friends! and his motivation and determination had won him the grudging respect of many of his classmates and professors. Until now scholars of African American and military history have neglected this important U.S. Army trailblazer. Young's experiences at the U.S. Military Academy! his triumph over adversity! and his commitment to success forged the mold for his future achievements as an Army officer! even as the United States slipped further into the degradation and waste of racial intolerances. Zusammenfassung Born in slavery! Charles Young was the third black graduate of West Point! the first black US military attache and the highest-ranking black officer in the Regular Army until his death. This biography of Young's years at West Point chronicles the challenges that Young faced! and provides a window into life at West Point in the 1880s. Inhaltsverzeichnis Prologue: From the Jungles of Liberia; 1. Enslaved in Kentucky; 2. Freedom in Ohio; 3. Beast Barracks and Plebe Year; 4. Plebe Year Again; 5. Yearling Upperclassman; 6. Cow Year Alone; 7. Firstie Year and Graduation; Epilogue: Reflections ...
