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Some of the biggest events of the 2025 NFL offseason are officially in the rear view. And now, with free agency, the draft ...
Maggie Polkinghorne Wilson admits she doesn’t remember a lot from the morning of Oct. 29, 1948, when she stood on the campus of then Florida A&M College with her parents, James Polkinghorne Sr.
Everyone in the gym knew that Brandon Benjamin would get the basketball ... in a playoff win over San Clemente. BJ Davis Ray, JSerra, Sr.: Ray, who signed with Southern Methodist University ...
THE GOVERNOR SIGNED IT INTO LAW ... HE IS ALSO A DESCENDANT OF GENERAL BENJAMIN O. DAVIS, JR, WHO WAS COMMANDER OF THE TUSKEGEE AIRMEN. CELEBRATES ON THURSDAY. INCLUDE GUEST OF HONOR, PILOT ...
During his lifetime, General Benjamin O. Davis Jr, commander of the Tuskegee Airmen, would often be referred to as the United States Air Force’s first African American general. After living half ...
The year was 1974: President Richard Nixon signed a National Maximum Speed ... was held by former Lieutenant General Benjamin O. Davis Jr. President Nixon selected him for that post, so Davis ...
Davis Sr. and his son Benjamin O. Davis Jr., whose groundbreaking accomplishments continue to inspire today. Benjamin O. Davis Sr. made history in 1940 when he became the first Black general in ...
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 ...
Like General Benjamin O. Davis Jr., dad had to endure the silence of his classmates for all four years at the Point – nobody would speak to him except for official tasks. He was isolated ...
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 ...