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Assault at West Point: The Court-Martial of Johnson Whittaker Seth Gilliam Sam Waterston Samuel L. Jackson (1994) Two lawyers (Sam Waterston, Samuel L. Jackson) must fight to establish the innocence of a black cadet (Seth Gilliam) court-martialed in 1880.
Brief Synopsis. Read More. A television movie based on the true story of one of the first black cadets at West Point and the racial prejudice he encounters at the U.S. Military Academy. Johnson Whittaker is court-martialed in 1880 and expelled from West Point for allegedly staging his own assault and mutilating himself in ord.
Mar 1, 1994 · Set in the 1880s, this riveting story focuses on Whittaker, a former slave who became the third black man to enter West Point. Like his two predecessors, he was ostracized for the entire three years of his training. One morning Whittaker didn't show up for drill. He was found in his room,...
Assault at West Point is a 1994 Showtime made-for-cable docudrama about Johnson Chesnut Whittaker, one of the first black cadets at West Point, and the trial that followed an assault he suffered in 1880. The film features Samuel L. Jackson, who portrays a lawyer who defends Whittaker.
The movie is based on historian John F. Marszalek's book Court Martial: A Black Man in America. Plot. Johnson Whittaker, a black cadet at West Point, is attacked by three fellow students. The school administrators court-martial Whittaker in the mistaken belief that he staged his own attack, supposedly to avoid a philosophy exam.
Jul 7, 2016 · In 1995, in a White House ceremony, President Bill Clinton awarded Whittaker a posthumous U.S. Army commission. Marszalek, John F. “A Black Cadet at West Point.” American Heritage 22 (August 1971): 30–37, 104–6. –––. Assault at West Point: The Court-Martial of Johnson Whittaker. New York: Collier, 1994. Written by John F. Marszalek
Download and read the ebook version of Assault at West Point, The Court Martial of Johnson Whittaker by John Marszalek on Apple Books. A dramatic account of one of the most momentous trials in American history.
