West Point is about to graduate its largest class of black women

[DesertRat]

History in the making: These cadets will be among 34 African-American women who will graduate with the Class of 2019 from the United States Military Academy West Point.

Thirty-four black women are expected to graduate from West Point next week.

That will be the largest class of African-American women to graduate together in the military academy's lengthy history, West Point spokesman Frank Demaro said.
"Last year's graduating class had 27," said Demaro. "And the expectation is next year's class will be even larger than this year's."

Last year, the school appointed Lt. Gen. Darryl A. Williams as its first black superintendent.
In 2017, the academy for the first time selected an African-American woman, Simone Askew, to serve at the top of the chain of command for cadets.

https://www.cnn.com/2019/05/15/us/west-point-largest-graduating-class-of-black-women-trnd/index.html

[nocoincidences]

1. That is fantastic!

[lunatica]

2. What a great photograph!

It’s iconic.

[Me.]

3. That Is Amazing

When I saw your headline I was thinking 2 maybe 3

[DesertRat]

4. 34 awesome women and soldiers!

[CTyankee]

5. When I saw this photograph I wondered what my uncle David, who was a graduate of West Point,

all these many years ago would think. He was at the academy because my grandparents were too poor to send him to college and my grandmother knew he was smart and could qualify to go to WP and get his college education for free. She wrote a letter to her congressman telling him what a math genius her son was and asking him to recommend him to an appointment to the academy. He was accepted and graduated just in time to serve in WW2. I still have a large photo of him in his uniform and I recall that he was quite a liberal in his views which upset some other of our Texas relatives.

So I see these beautiful, accomplished AA women who have had a college education and will now serve their country and I know how proud their parents must feel. I wonder, too, about what my uncle David would say. I'll bet he would applaud them, too...

[3catwoman3]

6. That is an...

...AWESOME picture (and I next-to-never use this overused word)!

Way to go, lieutenants!

[brush]

8. That's right. They're all lieutenants now.

[DAMANgoldberg]

7. #BlackGirlMagic

There's a reason for this hashtag, and as a Black Man, real men support women. Full Stop.

[DesertRat]

9. Love it!

[GeoWilliam750]

10. Excellent work ladies!!

You might also wish to cross-post in the African American forum.

[Gothmog]

11. AMJOY discussed this on Sunday

[Aristus]

12. This white, middle-aged veteran is overjoyed to see this picture!

Congratulations to all of them! They're going to do wonderful things for our country.

This, not long after the Army awarded its Ranger tab to their first female African-American member.