Johnson Chesnut Whittaker
Male, Deceased Person
1858 – 1931
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Who was Johnson Chesnut Whittaker?
Johnson Chesnut Whittaker was one of the first black men to win an appointment to the United States Military Academy at West Point. When at the academy, he was brutally assaulted and then expelled after being falsely accused and convicted of faking the incident. Over sixty years after his death, his name was formally cleared when he was posthumously commissioned by President Bill Clinton.
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- Born
- 1858
Camden - Ethnicity
- African American
- Nationality
- United States of America
- Education
- United States Military Academy
- University of South Carolina
- Died
- 1931
Submitted
on July 23, 2013
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