Academy field house to honor first black grad

Academy field house to honor first black grad
http://www.marinecorpstimes.com/news/2008/05/ap_fieldhouse_050508/

{EXCERPT} The Associated Press Posted : Tuesday May 6, 2008 7:48:03 EDT

ANNAPOLIS, Md. — The new s****ts complex at the U.S. Naval Academy will be
dedicated Saturday in honor of the academy’s first black graduate.

Retired Navy Lt. Cmdr. Wesley Brown graduated in 1949 and now lives in
Wa****ngton. He said using his name for the new $45 million field house is
symbolic and indicates the Navy’s dedication to diversity.

About 4 percent of the academy’s 4,000 current mid****pmen are black. The
naming
of the field house coincides with efforts to boost minority enrollment.

The s****ts complex will hous

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