Rear view of Colonel Charles Young's tomb at Arlington National Cemetery in Virginia. An Ohioan who graduated from West Point, rose to the rank of Colonel, taught at Wilberforce University ...

Brigadier General Charles Young is best known for his extensive military career. He was the third African American to graduate from West Point, he served as the first Black U.S. military attaché ...

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Young pursued his father's passion for patriotism, becoming just the third Black graduate of West Point. Young was tapped ... Brigadier General Charles Young will beckon to the community as ...

Kentucky native Charles Young, born to enslaved parents ... third Black graduate of the United States Military Academy at West Point in 1889. He helped lead the iconic Buffalo Soldiers, a ...