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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.
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 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.
Col. Benjamin O. Davis Jr., commander of the Tuskegee Airmen 332nd Fighter Group, in front of his P-47 Thunderbolt in Sicily General Daniel "Chappie" James Jr., the first African American four-star general in the United States Armed Forces, was a Tuskagee Airman lieutenant and instructor Tuskegee airman Alix Pasquet, date unknown.
First African-American interracial male kiss on network television: Sammy Davis Jr. (mixed-race) and Carroll O'Connor (Caucasian) in All in the Family [257] First African-American inducted to the Basketball Hall of Fame : Team-owner and coach Bob Douglas , in the category of "contributor" (See also: New York Renaissance, 1963; player Bill ...
Daniel James Jr. was born on February 11, 1920, to Daniel and Lillie Anna (Brown) James. Daniel James Sr. worked for the Pensacola city gas company, while his mother, Lillie Anna James, was a high school teacher who established a private school for her own and other Black children in Pensacola, Florida. [2]
He served in South Vietnam from 1969 until 1971, when he became the third African American after General Benjamin O. Davis Sr. and General Benjamin O. Davis Jr. to be promoted to brigadier general. [1] After working at the Pentagon, Cartwright retired from the military in 1974. [1] He had served in the U.S. military for 33 years. [4]
No doubt her experience was a boost to the Roosevelt administration, which had just established the Tuskegee Airmen Experiment to explore if it was possible to train black pilots for military service. Anderson went on to train other famous Military Aviation Pioneers such as General Benjamin O. Davis Jr. and General Daniel “Chappie” James ...