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Johnson Chesnut Whittaker (August 23, 1858 – January 14, 1931) was one of the first black men to win an appointment to the United States Military Academy at West Point. When at the academy, he was brutally assaulted and then expelled after being falsely accused and convicted of faking the incident. [3]
Jun 29, 2008 · Johnson Chesnutt Whittaker was the second black cadet at the United States Military Academy at West Point in New York. He was born in South Carolina to an enslaved mother, Maria J. Whitaker, and her free husband, James Whitaker, in 1858. (Later in life, he added a second “t” to his name.)
Jul 7, 2016 · Title Whittaker, Johnson Chesnut; Coverage August 23, 1858–January 14, 1931; Author John F. Marszalek; Keywords Slave, West Point cadet, lawyer, educator, became a teacher at Charleston’s Avery Institute, principal of the first black school in Sumter, Bill Clinton awarded Whittaker a posthumous U.S. Army commission; Website Name ...
- John F. Marszalek
Explore genealogy for Johnson Whittaker born 1858 Camden, South Carolina, United States died 1931 Orangeburg, South Carolina, United States including research + descendants + 2 photos + more in the free family tree community.
- Male
- August 23, 1858
- Page F. (Harrison) Whittaker
- January 14, 1931
At reveille—6 A.M. —it was discovered that Cadet Johnson Chesnut Whittaker was not in formation. This caused a slight stir of interest, for Whittaker was an unusual cadet. He was the only Negro at West Point.
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.
Jan 31, 1994 · Born in 1858 in Camden, S.C., Johnson Chesnut Whittaker was the son of a freedman father and a slave mother. Appointed to West Point in 1876 by Representative S. L. Hoge, Mr. Whittaker was...
