Jesse Wallace Clipper: The Soldier and the Man

By Diane L. Cookfair, Ph.D, Craig R. Steger, Terry Alford and Rev. Eugene L. Pierce - January 25, 2022

Well-known vaudeville star Jesse Clipper became the first African American soldier from Buffalo to succumb to injuries sustained in World War I.

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