Benjamin O. Davis Jr. made history as the first African American to be promoted to Major General in the United States Air ...

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 ...

Benjamin O. Davis Jr., a pioneering military officer who led ... In a career that began in the days of segregation, Davis, who was born in the nation’s capital and lived there much of his ...

Davis Sr. was born in Washington ... In 1998, President Bill Clinton promoted Benjamin O. Davis, Jr., to the rank of four star general, describing him during the ceremony as “a hero in war ...

A committee will explore the best way to honor Gen. Benjamin O. Davis Jr. -- a historic Cleveland military veteran, original Tuskegee Airman and later the city's public safety director. The ...

Born in Washington in 1877 ... for countless minority men and women -- including his son. In 1954, Benjamin O. Davis Jr., a West Point graduate, became only the second Black general in the ...

The Aerospace Professor memoir: Meeting and greeting Tuskegee Airman General Benjamin O. Davis, Jr. as a hospital patient at Walter Reed Army Medical Center COLUMBIA, MARYLAND, UNITED STATES ...

Benjamin O. Davis, Jr., former commander of the Tuskegee Airmen and an alumnus of the University, died July 4 in Washington, D.C. of Alzheimer’s disease at the age of 89. Davis was born in Washington, ...