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Benjamin Oliver Davis Sr. (July 1, 1877 – November 26, 1970) was a career officer in the United States Army.One of the few black officers in an era when American society was largely segregated, in 1940 he was promoted to brigadier general, the army's first African American general officer.
Benjamin Oliver Davis Jr. was born in Washington, D.C. on December 18, 1912, the second of three children born to Benjamin O. Davis Sr. and Elnora Dickerson Davis. [1] His father was a U.S. Army officer, a lieutenant at that time, stationed in Wyoming with the 9th Cavalry, a segregated African-American regiment.
In 1940, Benjamin O. Davis Sr. became the first Black person to achieve the rank of brigadier general in the US Army. His son, Benjamin O. Davis Jr., later commanded the famed Tuskegee Airmen. In ...
Benjamin J. Davis Jr. – known to his friends as "Ben" – was born September 8, 1903, in Dawson, Georgia to Benjamin Davis Sr. and Jimmie W. Porter. [1] The family moved to Atlanta in 1909, where Davis's father, "Big Ben" Davis, established a weekly black newspaper, the Atlanta Independent. [2]
Benjamin Franklin Davis (1832–1863), American Civil War cavalry officer; Benjamin O. Davis Sr. (1877–1970), first African-American general in the U.S. Army, father of Benjamin O. Davis Jr. Benjamin O. Davis Jr. (1912–2002), American general, commander of the World War II Tuskegee Airmen; Bennie L. Davis (1928–2012), U.S. Air Force general
DB Alvin Contreras Ben Davis Sr 5’11 190. DB Micah Lillard Lafayette Jefferson Sr 6’2 182. DB Lauron Johnson Franklin Central Sr 6’2 185. DB Darryl Morton III Lawrence Central Sr 6’1 180.
Jane Fonda will receive the William O. Douglas Award for her commitment to social causes at Public Counsel’s annual gala dinner on Feb. 27 at the Beverly Wilshire in Los Angeles. She is known ...
Brigadier General Benjamin Oliver Davis, Sr. joined the DC National Guard in 1899, around the time of the Spanish-American War, for a short period of time after his regiment was disbanded. In the picture above, Davis is somewhere in France, in August, 1944, observing a Signal Corps crew positioning poles.