<I>Official Register of the Officers and Cadets of the U.S. Military Academy</I>
date: label: Date
content: June 1881
name: label: Created by
content: United States Military Academy, American, founded 1802
label: Subject of
content: Johnson Chesnut Whittaker, American, 1858 - 1931
notes: label: Caption
content: Cadet Johnson Chestnut Whittaker, listed in this register, was an African American discharged from West Point in 1880 amid suspicious circumstances. His name was posthumously cleared in 1995.
label: Description
content: A small booklet (2011.155.5a) produced by West Point listing the officers and cadets at the United States Military Academy in 1881. The booklet is printed in black ink on off-white paper with saddle-stitched binding and 39 numbered pages. The listing of cadets begins on page 10, with African American cadet Johnson Chesnut Whittaker found on page 13 with a footnote that reads in part, "Recommended by Academic Board to be discharged. Absent with leave since August 19, 1880, and until further orders."
label: Description
content: The booklet has a small paper insert (2011.155.5b) with text that reads [Compliments of the Adjutant / U.S. Military Academy].
place: label: Place depicted
content: West Point, Orange County, New York, United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Education
label: Topic
content: Military
label: Topic
content: Race discrimination
label: Topic
content: Race relations
label: Topic
content: Violence
setName: label: See more items in
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Classification
content: Books and Published Materials
label: Exhibition
content: Double Victory: The African American Military Experience
label: On View
content: NMAAHC (1400 Constitution Ave NW), National Mall Location, Community/Third Floor, 3 053
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2011.155.5ab
objectType: label: Type
content: pamphlets
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Public domain
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: ink on paper
label: Dimensions
content: H x W: 7 x 4 3/4 in. (17.8 x 12.1 cm)