First Black Army Colonel Receives Posthumous Promotion
Charles Young, the first Black Army Colonel, was posthumously promoted a century after his death and barrier-breaking military career.
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Charles Young, the first Black Army Colonel, was posthumously promoted a century after his death and barrier-breaking military career.
The West Point graduate died in 1922.
Charles Young, the first Black Army Colonel, was posthumously promoted a century after his death and barrier-breaking military career.
WEST POINT, N.Y. (KT) – A Kentucky native who became one of the first Black graduates of the U.S. Military Academy, and later the highest-ranking Black U.S. Army officer, was
Charles Young, the first Black U.S. Army colonel, was posthumously promoted on Friday to brigadier general.