West Point Academy

WASHINGTON (AP) — Hand gestures flashed by West Point cadets and Naval Academy midshipmen during the televised Army-Navy football game were not racist signals, military investigations have concluded. A Navy probe of the event found that the students were participating in a “sophomoric game” on Saturday and had no racist intent. An Army statement Friday […]

Some serious Black girl magic at West Point.

  You’ve probably seen the picture. If you haven’t, you can easily find it online. Just go to BlackAmericaWeb.com and find it there. Sixteen African American women — graduation seniors at West Point — posing for a photo while wearing high-collared uniforms and standing on the steps of historic Nininger Hall. It’s a tradition. Generations of […]

  Roland Martin talks to Mary Tobin, a 2003 graduate of West Point, about the investigation underway of 16 black women whose raised fists in a photo has caused national outrage. “These women are dismayed. They already have the pressure of final exams, but in a few weeks they’ll go out into the military and into […]