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African-American troops
Variously called negro, coloured, and black, the history of African-American soldiers is that of US race relations in general. Even after the abolition of formal discrimination by colour, advancement ...
Benjamin O. Davis, Jr.
(1912–2002) U.S. army officer and aviator. Davis Jr. was born in Washington, D.C., the son of the first African-American general. He graduated from West Point in 1936 as an infantryman ...
Davis, Benjamin O., Sr. (1880–1970) Reference library
The Oxford Companion to American Military History
(1880–1970), first black general.
Born the son of a U.S. government worker in Washington, D.C., Davis attended Howard
Davis, Benjamin O., Sr. (b. 1 July 1877) Reference library
Encyclopedia of African American History 1896 to the Present
(b. 1 July 1877; d. 26 November 1970),
first African American general in American history. Evidence has
Davis, Benjamin Oliver, Sr. (1877–1970) Reference library
The Oxford Essential Dictionary of the U.S. Military
Davis Sr. was born in Washington, D.C., and saw his first military service as a first lieutenant in the 8th Infantry Volunteers in the ...
Harlem Hell Fighters
The first African American National Guard regiment in the state of New York, the “Fifteenth New York,” numbered 2,053 men and 54 officers at the time it was called into ...
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