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Aerial photograph showing the location of the Tippit shooting at Tenth & Patton in Oak Cliff, Dallas, Texas. Aerial photograph showing the area immediately surrounding the Tippit shooting scene.
HENRY OSSIAN FLIPPER. FIRST AFRICAN-AMERICAN GRADUATE OF THE U.S. MILITARY ACADEMY. Entered Service: Appointed to U.S. Military Academy, 1873. In 1877, Henry Flipper became the first African American to graduate from the U.S Military Academy. He was commissioned second lieutenant and assigned to the 10th Cavalry Unit. Although Flipper became the first African-American Army officer, his military career was brief.