The first Black woman to assume the top role leading fellow students at the U.S. Naval Academy will take up that position next semester as brigade commander, the academy said Monday.
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Sydney Barber, Midshipman 1st Class, would be the first woman of color to become the brigade commander at the United States Naval..
. "I am humbled to play a small role in this momentous season of American history," Barber said.
Midshipman 1st Class Sydney Barber, of Lake Forest, Illinois, is "the perfect person" to lead the U.S. Naval Academy brigade, says..