Buffalo Soldiers Lt. Flipper
The Buffalo Soldiers & Lt. Henry Flipper
The 9th and 10th Calvary Regiments of the U.S. Army, nicknamed the “Buffalo Soldiers,” were comprised of African-Americans tasked with guarding the American Western frontier. Lieutenant Henry Flipper was born a slave in 1854 and would become the first black graduate of West Point.
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