So their story, arguably, is unique. Benjamin O. Davis Jr. is an interesting person in all of this. When he wrote his autobiography, it had a very simple title. It was Benjamin O. Davis Jr.: American.

was the first Black general in the U.S. Army, promoted in 1940. His son, General Benjamin O. Davis Jr., became the first Black general in the U.S. Air Force in 1954. Their historic achievements ...