Charles Noel 'Tonton' Young and grandmother photograph   Save
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Description: Photograph of Charles Noel "Tonton" Young, son of Colonel Charles Young, sitting on a horse with his grandmother standing next to him. Charles Young was the first African American to reach the rank of Colonel in the U.S. Army and, at the time of his death in 1922, was the highest-ranking African American officer in the Army. He is known for having been forced into retirement due to health concerns before the start of World War I and later riding from Wilberforce, Ohio, to Washington, D.C. to prove his physical fitness for duty. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: NAM_MSS3_B02F71_02
Subjects: African American men; Young, Charles, 1864-1922.
Places: Wilberforce (Ohio); Greene County (Ohio)