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.

Determined to succeed, they became America’s first Black generals. In 1940, Benjamin O. Davis Sr. became the first Black person to achieve the rank of brigadier general in the US Army.

In 1940, Benjamin O. Davis Sr. became the first Black person to achieve the rank of brigadier general in the US Army. ... Davis Jr. became the first Black brigadier general in the Air Force in 1960.

Retired Lt. Gen. Arthur Gregg, a trailblazing officer who became the Army’s first Black three-star general in 1977 and for whom the former Fort Lee was renamed last year, died Thursday, accor… ...

Gregg became the first Black brigadier general in the U.S. Army Quartermaster Corps in 1972, then the first Black lieutenant general in the U.S. Army in 1977. He served for over 30 years and, ...

In 1972, he became the service’s first Black brigadier general in its quartermaster corps. Five years later, he became the highest-ranking Black soldier in the Army’s history – at that time ...

Maryland Governor Wes Moore posthumously promoted Harriet Tubman to Brigadier General in the Maryland Army National Guard on Veterans Day, Nov. 11, 2024.

Gregg, who died in 2024, was both the first Black brigadier general in the U.S. Army Quartermaster Corps in 1972 and the first Black lieutenant general in the U.S. Army in 1977.He served for more ...

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., followed in his footsteps by joining the ...