first Black woman to graduate from the Naval Academy

African American Woman, Midshipman 1st Class Sydney Barber, Makes U.S. Naval Academy History

“ Sydney stands out amongst her peers, for not only her exemplary record but for her clear vision of how she intends to make the world a better place and her accompanying bias for action,” said Lt. Commander Darby Yeager, a member of the U.S. Navy Academy’s Truman Scholarship Selection Committee.