Black Positive People : 'You are my wildest dream': Sydney Barber will be first Black woman to serve as US Naval Academy brigade commander

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'You are my wildest dream': Sydney Barber will be first Black woman to serve as US Naval Academy brigade commander​

'You are my wildest dream': Sydney Barber will be first Black woman to serve as US Naval Academy brigade commander

Midshipman 1st Class Sydney Barber, of Lake Forest, Illinois, is "the perfect person" to lead the U.S. Naval Academy brigade, says her predecessor.

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Barber will hold the highest leadership position within the brigade for the spring semester, the 16th woman to hold the position since women were allowed to attend the Naval Academy beginning in 1976. The first female brigade commander was then-Midshipman 1st Class Juliane Gallina in 1992.

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Jessica Flores, USA TODAY
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