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Charles Young Collection
Description: Newspaper article published after the death of Lieutenant Colonel Charles Young detailing the history of his military service and discussing public speculation regarding the circumstances of his retirement. Charles Young was the first African American to reach the rank of Colonel in the U.S. Army and, at the time of his death in 1922, was the highest-ranking African American officer in the Army. He is known for having been forced into retirement due to health concerns before the start of World War I and later riding from Wilberforce, Ohio, to Washington, D.C. to prove his physical fitness for duty. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: NAM_MSS2_B06F15
Subjects: Newspapers; African American soldiers; African American men; Correspondence; Military officers; World War I, 1914-1918; Young, Charles, 1864-1922.
Places: Charles Young Collection