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Flipper, Henry

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Flipper, Henry

August 20, 2026

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KCOS-Channel 13 in El Paso produced Held in Trust: The Story of Lieutenant Henry Ossian Flipper , a made-for-television docudrama about Henry O. Flipper, the first Black graduate of West Point in 1877 and an officer with the 10th Cavalry “Buffalo Soldiers.” Introduced by Gen. Colin Powell and…

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