African American women graduate in record number from West Point.
Tiffany Welch-Baker told NBC's"Nightly News" this week that in her journey to graduating from the military academy, she sometimes doubted herself.
Bria Erron said there were times at the school when she was the only woman of color, or woman of any race, in a class. Even with the increase, black women made up less than 4% of this year's graduating class.
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