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Clo to the end of
your rope? Call Helpline
- 927-4447 or (800
442-2811. Letts wor on
I Co
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of UC and
rye on CMEDS,
an organization
for betterment of Benton
Harbor. She also attends
the Pleasant Grove Baptist
Church in BH when she is
not working at the ursing
Home.
r . agner hone
d ughter, arlene itchell
living in Benton Harbor and
also has t 0 grandchildren,
Antonio and Desmond. In
her spare time w n she
has me, that is, Mr. ag­
ner love to read.
B
c
n ed about the
Benton Harbor area and
how likes it,
ner °d," eU, I wa
brought up here, but ba
then it w a lot different.
It make me mad when I
e ho it" today. But I
feel there i still hope for
this area, yet."
IS. W er also at­
tends Lake Mk_:higan Col­
ege part-tim, taking cl
having to do ° th her
career, such s ental
Health and Retardation.
When ed about her
ambition, she chuckled and
said,' ell, honey, 1 think
I've re hed it, I gue at
my age it is bout tim !"
fter his graduation,
Lt. Flipper wa a ign d to
the 10th Calvary' Regiment
in Texas. This unit along
with the 9th alvary be­
came kno n as 'Buffalo
Soldi rs. Li utenant Hen­
ry O. Flipper fought ith
this unit for five year and
it irmishes resulted in
th surrender on many
great Indian trib s.
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b here where Benton
y Harbor could benefit from
aper, owner of her profe . on. She or-
• rridge ursing ed for 13 year at ercy
on Colfax Ave. in Hospital surgery tech-
Benton H bor, born mcian. After t e
d r ° in the Benton moved on to Auto Special-
Harbor area. As matter ties and orked a a techni-
of a fact, her family cal nur there for 8 ye IS.
the third B family to hen her mother di d,
. in Benton Harbor! r . agner took over th
, y family oes Riverridge ursing Hom
b in this are. full time. And full-time is
WIele id the first b . reaDy hat it is. Accord-
do on Colfax Avenu to rs,
here" xplained r. orks 7 day
nero , day.
. agner 'Itarted her "I do like being in
career as a nur . She re- bu· e for my If, but it
cereed her ursing Degree " hard and very tiring
from' Butte orth Hospi metim 1 t is rd or
Grand Rapids and cam for sure,' J. agner id,
emaald Larrie stronger per on and as
Th United States ill- abl to ignore his classmate
tary A demy at est Point a often a they ignored
e tablished by an act of him. As a Bla cadet,
Congr on arch 16, Flipper as required to run
1802. This in tituti n's 'the gauntlet, a special
purpo to educate and cour for colored cadets
train young rnerican in hich exemplifi d brutality,
the theory and pr ctice of crueity, and intolerance. He
military . nce. proved him If more of a
Ho ever, it to th man than any of the other
ar of the R hellion (from cadets e n though h was
1861 to 1 65) before out numbered enty-five
BI ere to b ccepted to n.
c det t e t Point ill- Henry O. Flipper went
tary c demy. The fir t through four year of
B c det w a man rno ' existence and
named Jam . Smith, but graduated fiftieth in a cJ
h did not gradu teo Smith of nty-five. Upon his
h d recei d his ppoint- gr duation, Harper's e ly
ment from Solomon L. rote "The colored cadet
H in 1870. C det Smith will not only graduate at the
troggled through four hard coming Jun commence-
ye t the "Point" but a m nt but his character
fmally dismissed for being requirement and standing
deficient in n tural and ex- on the merit roll ar such
perimental philo phy. will insure his graduation
In 1873, Henry O. Flip- among the highest of his
per came the cond cia
B young man to ttend
e Point and was th
first of hi r to
graduate. He had received
his ppointment a liberal
Georgian Republican named
James Cra ford Freeman.
C det Flipper, in his
m moirs of his days t
the Poin t, tells of th pre­
judice own to ard him
---------- by rno of the bite c dets.
There as plenty of bigotry
in spite of est Point s
emphasis on turning out·
good Christian gentlemen
and soldiers.
Flipper differed from
Smith in that he was a
ot ithstanding the
records establi ed by Hen­
ry Flipper and other BI c
men such as Charles Young
and General Benjamin O.
Davis: it was not until 1960
that a Blac cadet w treat­
ed with equality at est
Point.
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