Samuel Lee Gravely Jr. was a United States Navy officer. He was the first African American in the U.S. Navy to serve aboard a fighting ship as an officer, the first to command a Navy ship, the first fleet commander, and the first to become a flag officer, retiring as a vice admiral.
Samuel L. Gravely Jr.
Capt. Samuel Gravely, U.S. Navy photograph circa 1970.
Virginia Union University
Virginia Union University is a private historically black university in Richmond, Virginia.
Pickford Hall, Virginia Union University
Charles S. Johnson
Spottswood William Robinson III
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