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27th October 1954: Benjamin O. Davis Jr. becomes the first African American general in the US Air Force

HistoryPod · Oct 27, 2026

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His promotion to brigadier general on 27 October 1954 came six years after President Truman ordered the desegregation of the US military, and made him the first African American general in the US Air ...

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