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 ...

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 ...

Months later, Roosevelt signed an executive order creating ... In 1998, President Bill Clinton promoted Benjamin O. Davis, Jr., to the rank of four star general, describing him during the ceremony ...

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 ...

Benjamin O. Davis Jr., a pioneering military officer who led the fabled Tuskegee Airmen during World War II and was the first African American to become a general in the Air Force, has died.