Johnson Chesnut Whittaker

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Johnson Chesnut Whittaker (August 23, 1858 – January 14, 1931) 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 in July 1995. rdf:langString
rdf:langString Johnson Chesnut Whittaker
rdf:langString Johnson Chesnut Whittaker
rdf:langString Johnson Chesnut Whittaker
xsd:date 1931-01-14
xsd:date 1858-08-23
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xsd:date 1858-08-23
rdf:langString Johnson Chesnut Whittaker as a West Point Cadet.
xsd:date 1931-01-14
rdf:langString School teacher, school administrator, college professor, attorney
rdf:langString Johnson Chesnut Whittaker (August 23, 1858 – January 14, 1931) 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 in July 1995.
rdf:langString Orangeburg Cemetery, Orangeburg, South Carolina
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xsd:gYear 1858
xsd:gYear 1931

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