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.

Ben in Oval Office with Jimmy Carter to unveil iconic 55 mph speed limit sign in 1971. Courtesy of President Carter Library Benjamin O. Davis Sr. was born in 1880 to Louis P. H. and Henrietta Davis.

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.

General Benjamin O. Davis Sr. became the first African American general in the U.S. Army, paving the way for future African American military leaders.

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 Sr. and Jr., were a father-son duo who, respectively, went on to become the Army’s first Black general and a four-star Air Force general who led the famed Tuskegee Airmen and ...

The other man was his father, Army Brig. Gen. Benjamin O. Davis Sr. On Oct. 25, 1940, Davis Sr. became the first African American to achieve the rank of brigadier general in the U.S. Army.

Davis, who was a son of the Army’s first black general, Benjamin O. Davis Sr., was the first black cadet to graduate from West Point in the 20th century and one of the first black pilots in the ...

Davis was the Air Force’s first African- American four-star general. He was born in 1912. His father, Benjamin O. Davis Sr., was the first African-American brigadier.