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"See It Through"
A Legacy of Commitment and Distinction
BG Charles Young
(March 12, 1864 to January 8, 1922)
The Third African-American Graduate of West Point
First National US Park Superintendent
First Black Military Attaché', Haiti, Dominican Republic, & Liberia
First Black man to achieve the rank of colonel, and
Highest ranking black officer in the regular army until his death
Awarded the Spingarn Medal by the NAACP
In 1912 elected as an honorary member of
OMEGA PSI PHI FRATERNITY, INC.
"The thing then to be desired above all others is confidence with one's self..."
Charles Young.