On May 22, 1959, Benjamin O. Davis Jr. made history as the first African American to be promoted to Major General in the United States Air Force. Best known for commanding the legendary Tuskegee ...

Benjamin O. Davis Jr., the leader of the famed all-black Tuskegee Airmen during World War II and the first black general in the Air Force, has died. Davis, who was 89 and suffered from Alzheimer's ...

Object Details Photograph by James H. O'Neal, American, 1918 - 1983 Subject of Joe Louis, American, 1914 - 1981 Benjamin O. Davis Jr., American, 1912 - 2002 99th Pursuit Squadron, American, 1941 - ...