Benjamin O. Davis Jr. made history as the first African American to be promoted to Major General in the United States Air ...

Gen. Benjamin O. Davis Jr. was born Dec. 18, 1912, to the Army's first Black general, Benjamin Davis Sr. and his wife, Elnora. Davis Sr., whose career was hampered by prejudice, taught his son the ...

Determined to succeed, they became America’s first Black generals. In 1940, Benjamin O. Davis Sr. became the first Black person to achieve the rank of brigadier general in the US Army.

Doug Melville researched and wrote about family members Benjamin O. Davis Sr. the first Black general and his son, who led the Tuskegee Airmen and became a four-star Air Force general.

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