The Fall of a Black Army Officer: Racism and the Myth of Henry O. Flipper

by Charles M. Robinson III

Book Overview

Lieutenant Henry O. Flipper was a former slave who rose to become the first African American graduate of West Point. While serving as commissary officer at Fort Davis, Texas, in 1881, he was charged with embezzlement and conduct unbecoming an officer and a gentleman. A court-martial board acquitted Flipper of the embezzlement charge but convicted him of conduct unbecoming. He was then dismissed from the service of the United States. The Flipper case...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0806190175
• ISBN13: 9780806190174
• Release Date: January 2022
• Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press
• Length: 216 Pages
• Weight: 0.62 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.5" x 8.5"