So, there were very few opportunities for him.” Brigadier General Benjamin O. Davis, Sr. (1877 - 1970) watches a Signal Corps crew in action, France, August 1944. - Interim Archives/Getty Images ...

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 ...

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.

Gen. Benjamin O. Davis Jr. was born Dec. 18, 1912, to the Army's first Black general, Benjamin Davis Sr. and his wife, Elnora. Davis Sr., whose career was hampered by prejudice, taught his son the ...