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Dr. Mae C. Jemison to Receive the 2021 Thayer Award
Doctor Mae C. Jemison will receive the 2021 Sylvanus Thayer Award. The award will be presented on October 7, 2021
West Point football was all-White until 1966. So why does this 1920s photo show an all-Black squad?
National Archives scans reveal rare images of a Black team at the then-segregated military academy.
“To his surprise, the image that popped up showed a team of all African American players. But the U.S. Military Academy did not have its first varsity Black football player until 1966, 40 years later.”