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Henry Flipper is the first black West Point graduate. Assigned to serve at Fort Davis in Texas, Flipper becomes the object of a conspiracy by his fellow cadets to rid the base of its only black graduate.

Events

• June 15th , 1877, Henry O. Flipper becomes the first black man to graduate from West Point military adademy

Directed by Stan Lathan

Starring Alfre Woodard, Samuel L. Jackson, Franklyn Seales, Howard E. Rollins Jr