The Reader’s Notebook: Henry Ossian Flipper

March 21, 2018 — Henry Ossian Flipper was an American soldier, former slave and, in 1877, the first African American to graduate from the United States…

By Greg Jenkins

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March 22, 2018

US Army Center Of Military History

March 21, 2018 — Henry Ossian Flipper was an American soldier, former slave and, in 1877, the first African American to graduate from the United States Military Academy at West Point, earning a commission as a second lieutenant in the US Army.

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Greg Jenkins

Operations Director

Greg Jenkins has been the Operations Director at MSPR since 1999. Greg is a 1996 graduate of Morehead State University with a BME in Music Education and received a Masters of Science in Industrial Technology in 2008. Greg oversees training, scheduling, and evaluation of the student board operator staff, preparation of the daily traffic logs and serves as weekday classical music host. He is also the webmaster of the MSPR website and maintains MSPR's webstreaming and podcasting.

The Reader’s Notebook: Henry Ossian Flipper

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