The First Black Midshipman at the United States Naval Academy

The Journal of Blacks in Higher Education | July 1, 2005| | Copyright

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 Conyers entered the Naval Academy. Conyers was not welcomed with open arms. Neither plebes nor academic faculty were enthusiastic about his presence in Annapolis.

AFRICAN AMERICANS HAVE long had a tradition of looking upon military service as an opportunity to strike a blow against racism and prove their value and loyalty to their country. While the Union navy had ...

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