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Origination Documents of the Defense Intelligence Agency. Defense Intelligence Support in the Gulf War: Quick Links Brian G. Shellum Author Facebook Page.
Drucker, Amazon Review I was unfamiliar with the story of racism at the military academy and this thoroughly researched book provides a great deal of context and thought provoking observations that are useful today. Bonney, Amazon Review The author outlines the challenges of writing about an individual whose color relegated him to a shadowy existence at West Point.
Yet with some diligent and creative research, Shellum pieces together a biography of a hero who clearly became the Colin Powell of his time.
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Winn, Amazon Review Charles Young was the third African American West Point graduate and the only one from the nineteenth century who had a long military career This not only provides a look at the background of slavery in Kentucky, but also demonstrates how family ties could surmount its barriers, and ultimately enable a youngster born in bondage during the Civil War to get into West Point. Despite these attitudes, Shellum notes that Young emerged from the Academy with a number of close friends among his classmates.
While naturally of great value for anyone interested in the history of black Americans in the military service, it will also be of use to anyone interested in the Academy, officer training, or the development of the U.
His mother, who could read and write, instilled in him the desire to gain an education. Andy rated it it was amazing Jan 11, Alicia marked it as to-read Jun 09, Ross Anderson marked it as to-read Jun 01, Freeman marked it as to-read Jul 21, Michael Strode marked it as to-read Oct 01, Ryan marked it as to-read Jan 18, Noah marked it as to-read Jun 07, Erika marked it as to-read Nov 02, Elizabeth marked it as to-read Apr 09, Cathy marked it as to-read Apr 07, Karyn Folan marked it as to-read Jul 05, Budd added it Feb 23, Jennifer is currently reading it Mar 23, Ronald Moore is currently reading it Jul 17, There are no discussion topics on this book yet.
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Trivia About Black Cadet in a Racial Integration of the U. Naval Academy Robert J. Shellum is a graduate of the U.
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Military Academy at West Point and retired from the U. He is currently a historian at the Defense Intelligence Agency.
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