Charles Young Research Paper

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Charles Young was born in 1864 to Gabriel Young and Arminta Bruen in Kentucky Charles Young attended an all-white high school in Ripley, the only one there who was Afro-American, He graduated in 1880. He then taught school for several years in the new black high school that was opened in his town. In 1903, Young served as captain of a black company. He was then appointed superintendent of Sequoia and General Grant national parks, he was the first black superintendent of a national park. Young's greatest impact on the park was managing road construction, which helped improve the underdeveloped park and allow more visitors to enter and enjoy the park. Young's men accomplished more that summer than had been done under the three officers

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