Labor and civil rights leader A. Phillip Randolph initially rejects a plea by President Franklin D. Roosevelt to call off the ...

Jeneral Benjamin “J.B.” Swindell, Jr., 83, of Georgetown, Texas, passed away on May 15 after a brief illness. He is survived by his wife of 32 years, Kathy Olson; daughter Michelle Berryman ...

At UC Davis, Coop has been recognized with the College of Biological Sciences’ Faculty Research Award in 2014, served as a Chancellor’s Fellow from 2015 to 2019, and received the Graduate and ...

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Ellsworth C. Davis, Jr. (Ells), 67, of Pottsville, died peacefully at home with his family at his side. Ells was born Oct. 4, 1957, in Pottsville. He was a son of the late Ellsworth C., Sr. and Mar… ...

In 1954, Benjamin O. Davis, Jr., commander of the 332nd Fighter Group, the Tuskegee Airmen, became the first Black American promoted to the rank of general in the United States Air Force. In 1954 ...

In 1954, Benjamin O. Davis, Jr., commander of the 332nd Fighter Group, the Tuskegee Airmen, became the first Black American promoted to the rank of general in the United States Air Force.

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 ...

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 leader in peace, a pioneer for freedom ...

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.