Johnson Chesnut Whittaker
American soldier · Educators · Lived 1858 to 1931 · aged 73
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.
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Over sixty years after his death, his name was formally cleared when he was posthumously commissioned by President Bill Clinton in July 1995.
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Category
Educators
Type
Educator
Status
Deceased
Dates
Lived 1858 to 1931 · aged 73
