John Hanks Alexander (Paperback)

High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! John Hanks Alexander (6 January 1864 - 26 March 1894) was the first African American officer in the United States armed forces to hold a regular command position and the second African American graduate of the United States Military Academy. John Hanks Alexander was born on 6 January 1864 at Helena, Arkansas to former slaves James Milo Alexander and Fannie Miller Alexander. His father was a barber in Helena and acquired property there. All of the Alexander children graduated from high school and three attended Oberlin College in Ohio.