Second Lieutenant John Hanks Alexander reported to Fort Robinson, Nebraska, for duty with the Ninth Cavalry, the famous Buffalo Soldiers. The Ninth Cavalry was an all-black regiment commanded by white officers. Alexander, the second African-American graduate of the United States Military Academy at West Point, became the sole black officer in a command position of these Buffalo Soldiers.
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