Benjamin Oliver Davis Sr.
✓ Source-basedfallingUnited States Army general; First African American general officer in the U.S. Army and in the U.S. Military (1877-1970)
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Benjamin Oliver Davis Sr. 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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Lived 1877 to 1970 · aged 93
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