Latest News on Benjamin O. Davis: Literary In The Lounge Presents Award-Winning Historian Matthew Delmont With His New Book HALF AMERICAN, February 28 at The Music Hall Lounge (Jan 20, 2024 ...

Benjamin O. Davis Jr. stands next to a P-51C Mustang “By Request” airplane, which he flew during World War II as part of the 99th Fighter Squadron, 332nd Fighter Group when unit was based in ...

On May 22, 1959, Benjamin O. Davis Jr. made history as the first African American to be promoted to Major General in the United States Air Force. Best known for commanding the legendary Tuskegee ...

1942: Benjamin O. Davis Sr. was promoted to the rank of brigadier general by President Franklin D. Roosevelt on the eve of the presidential election, making him the nation’s first Black general ...

In 1954, Benjamin O. Davis Jr., a West Point graduate, became only the second Black general in the U.S. military and the first in the Air Force. The senior Davis died in 1970 at age 93.

This weekend marks the 80th anniversary of Benjamin O. Davis Sr.'s promotion to brigadier general, the first Black military officer to achieve the rank in the United States Army.

Benjamin O. Davis Jr. entered West Point in 1932 as its only black cadet and spent the next four years shunned. He roomed alone, and no one befriended him. The future Tuskegee Airman and trailblazi… ...