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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. In 1960, Davis Jr. became the first Black brigadier general in the Air Force.
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. In 1960, Davis Jr. became the first Black brigadier general in the Air Force.
Despite knowing they would be relegated to support roles because of their skin color, a father and son became America’s first Black generals.
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