America's First Black General: Benjamin O. Davis, Sr., 1880-1970 (Modern War Studies)

By Marvin E. Fletcher

This is the biography of Benjamin O. Davis Sr., one of just six black officers in the line of the Regular Army in the 86 years from the Civil War to World War II. He became the only one to make the... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0700603816
• ISBN13: 9780700603817
• Release Date: January 1989
• Publisher: Univ Pr of Kansas
• Length: 216 Pages
• Weight: 1.08 lbs.
• Dimensions: 8.8" x 0.8" x 6.0"

Customer Reviews

A Great Soldier

This is an excellent biography of Gen. Davis. He was a great soldier, who managed to become an officer in the US Army in the face of Jim Crow racism. His career was held back and often endangered by this racism. Yet he never turned his back on serving his country or gave up his career in the face of so many obstacles. It is a truely inspirational story about a great American.