The Colored Cadet at West Point; Autobiography of Lieut. Henry Ossian Flipper, First Graduate of Color from the U.S. Military Academy

Flipper, Henry Ossian, 1856-1940

TO The Faculty of Atlanta University, Atlanta, Ga.,
—AND TO THE PRESIDENT IN PARTICULAR, TO WHOSE CAREFUL MENTAL AND MORAL TRAINING OF MYSELF IS DUE ALL MY SUCCESS AT THE MILITARY ACADEMY AT WEST POINT, N. Y., I AFFECTIONATELY DEDICATE THIS VOLUME, AS IN SOME SORT A TOKEN OF THAT HEARTFELT GRATITUDE WHICH I SO DEEPLY FEEL, BUT CAN SO POORLY EXPRESS.