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A real untold story. Dr. Jordan B. Smith, Jr. became the first African-American to become the Color Company Commander at the United States Naval Academy (Annapolis or USNA) in 1976. The Class of 1976 African Americans set the pathway for changes by demonstrating that blacks and other minorities had earned the right to be in Annapolis. The incidents and events are authentic. This book is about one of the black men who graduated from the Naval Academy in 1976 whose accomplishment ignites a communication frenzy among the media as another Navy tradition goes away. The cover picture shows a black girl wearing a traditional southern bell formal white dress. The pictures of this event make public that Blacks could compete with their white counterparts and live in harmony. These black midshipmen pioneers of Annapolis brings an end to the discriminatory tolerant institutions of learning at the United States Naval Academy.