Johnson C. Whittaker (1858-1931)

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 … Continue reading Johnson C. Whittaker (1858-1931)