James Webster Smith
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James Webster Smith
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James Webster Smith was an American professor and a cadet at the United States Military Academy. A former slave, Smith became a scholar and is recognized as the first black person appointed to a cadetship at West Point. His tenure at the academy, from 1870 to 1874, was fraught with racial prejudice and ended with Smith's formal dismissal a year before completing his studies. Embittered by his experience, Smith nonetheless found success as a professor at South Carolina Agricultural and Mechanical
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American professor and a cadet at the United States Military Academy (1850-1876)
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Webster_Smith
date created:
2017-07-14T05:14:52Z
date modified:
2024-09-02T06:51:52Z
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