As a young man, Grant entered West Point, the nation's school for army officers.

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After his Army discharge, no law school in his native Tennessee would admit him because of his color.

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Fort Rucker is the center for the Army's helicopter training school.

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And though he feared he couldn't afford his master's degree, he found work with the research and development arm of the U.S. Army and left school debt-free.

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He joined the Army after high school.

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In high school, she and a group of friends would constantly discuss the books and movies, and dressed up as "Dumbledore's Army" during their school's homecoming week.

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