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Johnson Chesnut Whittaker (August 23, 1858 – January 14, 1931) [1] was one of the first black men to win an appointment to the United States Military Academy at West Point. [2] When at the academy, he was brutally assaulted and then expelled after being falsely accused and convicted of faking the incident. [ 3 ]
Assault at West Point is a 1994 Showtime made-for-cable drama film about Johnson Chesnut Whittaker, one of the first black cadets at West Point, and the trial that followed an assault he suffered in 1880. The film features Samuel L. Jackson, who portrays a lawyer who defends Whittaker.
Charles Evans Whittaker Federal Courthouse. Missouri was admitted as a state on August 10, ... L. Johnson: death 17 Elmo Bolton Hunter: MO: 1915–2003 1965–1980
Kelle Ann Workman was 24 years old when she was last seen mowing grass June 30, 1989, at the Dogwood Cemetery in Douglas County, Missouri. After 35 years, 3 men charged in relation to 1989 Ozarks ...
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Army Private LaVena Johnson called home every day while she was deployed in Iraq. Her last conversation with her parents was on July 17, 2005. ... LaVena was the first female soldier from Missouri ...
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A "serial child rapist" was arrested in Missouri after more than two decades on the lam, according to the U.S. 'Serial child rapist' on the run for more than 2 decades is arrested in Missouri ...