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   Member, American Battle Monuments Commission. Benjamin Oliver Davis Sr. (July 1, 1877 – November 26, 1970) was a career officer in the United States Army. One of the few black officers in an era when American society was largely segregated, in 1940 he was promoted to brigadier general, the army's first African American general officer.

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   Feb 25, 2024 Updated Feb 28, 2024. 0. Benjamin O. Davis, Sr. (right) and Benjamin O. Davis, Jr. Davis Sr. was the first African American general in the United States Army....

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   Feb 25, 2024 · 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...

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   Who was Benjamin Davis?

   • Benjamin O. Davis, Sr. was a soldier who became the first black general in the U.S. Army. After serving as a volunteer in the Spanish-American War (1898), Benjamin Davis, Sr., enlisted as a private in the 9th Cavalry of the U.S. Army.

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   Who was Benjamin Oliver Davis?

   • "Benjamin Oliver Davis Sr. – The First African American General Officer in the Regular Army and in the U.S. Armed Forces". United States Army Center of Military History. Archived from the original on June 29, 2007. Kranz, Rachel; Koslow, Philip, eds. (2021). Biographical Dictionary of African Americans. New York, NY: Facts on File. p. 93.

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   Why did the Davis family never seek the spotlight?

   • Throughout their lives, the Davises were devoted to their families and never sought the spotlight. Melville recalled Davis Jr.’s kindness and how he never wanted to share his past or photos with him and that he didn’t have military regalia in his house.

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   How did Melville remember Davis Jr?

   • Melville recalled Davis Jr.’s kindness and how he never wanted to share his past or photos with him and that he didn’t have military regalia in his house. Years after Davis Jr.’s passing, Melville began researching his family’s history – details that had never been shared with him.

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   Feb 25, 2024 · His son, Benjamin O. Davis Jr., followed in his footsteps by joining the military and later commanding the famed Tuskegee Airmen. Twenty years after his father made history, Davis Jr. became the ...

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   Benjamin O. Davis Sr. Brigadier General. 9th Cavalry Regiment. July 1, 1877 – November 26, 1970. Brig. Gen. Benjamin O. Davis Sr. watches a Signal Corps crew erecting poles, somewhere in France. Aug. 8, 1944. National Archives. African American Soldiers have served in the American military since the Revolutionary War. Many, like Brig. Gen ...

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   American soldier Benjamin O. Davis, Sr., became the first black general in the U.S. Army. Because of the volatile race relations in the United States at the time, all his assignments were designed to prevent him from commanding white troops or officers.

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   Benjamin O. Davis, Sr. (born July 1, 1877, Washington, D.C., U.S.—died November 26, 1970, North Chicago, Illinois) was a soldier who became the first black general in the U.S. Army.