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Sergeant B. M. McKay letter to Colonel Charles Young, April 11, 1918
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Sergeant B. M. McKay letter to Colonel Charles Young, April 11, 1918
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Title
Sergeant
B
.
M
.
McKay
letter
to
Colonel
Charles
Young
,
April
11
,
1918
Subject
African American soldiers
African American men
Newspapers
Correspondence
Military officers
World War I, 1914-1918
Young, Charles, 1864-1922.
Time Period
1910s
Place
Washington (District of Columbia)
Description
Letter
from
Sergeant
B
.
M
.
McKay
to
Colonel
Charles
Young
offering
Colonel
Young
a
position
as the
potential
instructor
of a
facility
described
as a "
miniature
West
Point
" in
which
young
African
American
men
could
be
trained
for
future
military
service
as
officers
and
asking
Young
to
recommend
a
location
for
such
a
school
.
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
.
Date of Original
April
11
,
1918
Submitting Institution
National
Afro-American
Museum
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Cultural
Center
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