SETTLING NORTH AMERICA 1497 1732
RISE OF THE SLAVE TRADE BLACK HISTORY IN COLONIAL AMERICA
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Colin Powell
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Crispus Attucks
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Henry Conyers
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George Washington
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Detailed explanation-1: -James Henry Conyers (October 24, 1855-November 29, 1935) (born in South Carolina), on September 21, 1872 was the first black person admitted to the United States Naval Academy.
Detailed explanation-2: -James Henry Conyers-First African American accepted into US Naval Academy. In the fall of 1872, a black man from South Carolina named James Henry Conyers was appointed to and accepted by the United States Naval Academy.
Detailed explanation-3: -In Annapolis, Maryland, the United States Naval Academy admits women for the first time in its history with the induction of 81 female midshipmen. In May 1980, Elizabeth Anne Rowe became the first woman member of the class to graduate.
Detailed explanation-4: -Editor’s Note: In 1949 Wesley Brown became the first African American to earn a diploma from the U.S. Naval Academy. But he was not the first black to enroll at Annapolis. Three quarters of a century earlier, in 1872, James Cony er s entered the Naval Academy.