In Black America

In Black America Podcast: The Legacy of General Benjamin O. Davis Jr.

December 16, 2012 11:23 am by: John Hanson

On this edition of In Black America, producer/host John L. Hanson Jr. speaks with the late General Benjamin O. Davis Jr. Davis was an aviation pioneer; he was one of the most famous Tuskegee Airmen of World War II. However, his military career spanned five decades and three wars. He was the first African-American officer in the Army Air Forces, and was a member of the first African-American pilot-training class at Tuskegee Army Airfield in Alabama. Davis was born in December 18th, 1912 in Washington, D.C., the son of a retired Army brigadier general. He was the first African-American to graduate from West Point. His four years there were not pleasant. Being an African American, he was officially "silenced" by all cadets--no one spoke to him for four years except on official business; he roomed alone and he had no friends. Davis...
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