Henry Ossian Flipper was born on March 21, 1856 and, grew up as a slave in Thomasville, Georgia. He was a very intelligent youngster. Another slave secretly taught him to read, putting them both at great peril. After the Civil War ended, he attended schools run by the American Missionary Association and began studying at Atlanta University in 1869. It was from here that Flipper went on to do something no other black American had ever done. Here now is the story of Henry Flipper. For the text version and references, go here: http://www.todayifoundout.com/index.php/2015/06/this-day-in-history-june-15th-the-story-of-henry-flipper/