First Black General
 

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First Black General
October 16, 1940: Benjamin Davis, Sr. was appointed Brigadier General, thus becoming the first Black general in the United States Army. Davis was born in Washington 1877, and studied at Howard University. He entered the Army during the Spanish American War.