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"Invisible Generals" author Doug Melville was motivated to tell the real story of his family's contributions to the country, after viewing a 2012 film about the Tuskegee Airmen, and realizing the character based on his uncle, had a fictionalized name.
It took a lot of questions and a decade of research for Doug Melville to learn the extent of his family's military history.
Benjamin O Davis Sr and Jr were high-fliers in every way, the latter commanding the Tuskegee Airmen. The author Doug Melville, a descendant, is determined to give them their due
Despite stellar accomplishments—breaking the color barrier in the military, leading the Tuskegee Airmen—Benjamin Davis Sr. and Benjamin Davis Jr. too often had to fight erasure.
Melville’s book, INVISIBLE GENERALS: Rediscovering Family Legacy, and a Quest to Honor America’s First Black Generals (Atria/Black Privilege Publishing; Hardcover; On Sale: Nov. 7), is a story of legacy, inheritance, and hidden American military history. Melville celebrates the everyday heroes behind the scenes, reminding readers to understand their own ancestors’ victories to broaden their vision of what is possible. The book recounts the lives of a father and his son who always maintained their belief in the American dream.