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  2. Benjamin O. Davis Jr. - Wikipedia

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    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.

  3. How a father and son fought segregation and became the first ...

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    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 ...

  4. Central High School (Cleveland, Ohio) - Wikipedia

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    Benjamin O. Davis Jr., first African-American to graduate from West Point since 1889 and first African-American brigadier general in the USAF promoted to four-star general [8] Harry Edward Davis, lawyer and Ohio state legislator [9] Russell Howard Davis, educator, activist, and historian, later returned to the school as principal [10]

  5. Deaths in July 2002 - Wikipedia

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    Benjamin O. Davis, Jr., 89, American U.S. Air Force four-star general and commander of the World War II Tuskegee Airmen, Alzheimer's disease. [ 16 ] Mansoor Hekmat , 51, Iranian theorist, cancer.

  6. Benjamin O. Davis Sr. - Wikipedia

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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.

  7. St. Joseph County GOP, Henry Davis Jr. criticize Probate ...

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    Benjamin Horvath, executive director for Hoosier Conservative Voices, speaks at a press conference Tuesday, Oct. 1, 2024, about the death of Isaiah Walton-Davis and its alleged connection to the ...

  8. Benjamin Davis Jr. - Wikipedia

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    Benjamin Davis Jr. may refer to Benjamin J. Davis Jr. (1903–1964), New York Communist city councilman, imprisoned for violations of the Smith Act Benjamin O. Davis Jr. (1912–2002), American general, commander of the World War II Tuskegee Airmen

  9. Terry Crews recalls ‘wisdom and kindness’ of Brooklyn Nine ...

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    Other notable credits include starring as Benjamin O Davis in Tuskegee Airmen, Dr Ben Gideon in Gideon’s Crossing – which won him a Golden Globe nomination – and Owen in Men Of A Certain Age ...

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