During Black History Month, we are honoring Tuskegee Airmen commanding officer Benjamin Davis Jr. After attending the University of Chicago, he went to West Point, and ended up becoming the first ...
Morocco, May 12, 1943. Pictured are, from left, Commanding Officer Lt Col Benjamin O Davis Jr (1912 - 2002), Capt Hayden Johnson (Adjutant), Capt Elmer Jones (1918 - 2013) (Service Detachment), Lt ...
Indeed, his son, the future general Benjamin O. Davis Jr., graduated from West Point in 1936 and commanded a squadron of Tuskegee Airmen. Davis also mentored future African American officers and ...
Tuskegee Airmen Benjamin O. Davis, left, and Edward C ... On Monday, Tuskegee Airmen, Inc. National President Leon G. Butler Jr. praised Air Force leadership for responding quickly to the non ...
McGee spoke in a briefing room adorned with portraits of his onetime boss, Gen. Benjamin O. Davis Jr., who became the Air Force’s first Black one-star general. Another Tuskegee Airman ...
Davis Sr., became the first Black general in the U.S. Army. His son, Benjamin O. Davis Jr., later led the Tuskegee Airmen, the first Black military pilots in World War II. Today, elements of the ...
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February is Black History Month and KTBS 3/KPXJ CW 21 continue to salute the contributions of African Americans in labor with ...
Washington, D.C. – Dr. Benjamin F. Chavis Jr., a lifelong civil rights leader and president and CEO of the National Newspaper Publishers Association (NNPA), has released “The Transatlantic ...
(AP) – Retired Lt. Col. Harry Stewart Jr., a decorated World War II pilot who broke racial barriers as a Tuskegee Airmen and earned honors for his combat heroism, has died. He was 100.
Benjamín León Jr. named 2025 Lifetime Achievement Award ... His philanthropic efforts have also supported the Benjamin Leon School of Nursing at Miami Dade College and, in 2024, he donated ...
Gervonta Davis reveals his dream fight: "We should have fought" Some fighters let their performances speak for themselves. Lamont Roach Jr.? Not so much. Whether inside the ring or on social media ...