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050 0 0 _aU53.D38
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100 1 _aFletcher, Marvin,
_eauthor.
245 1 0 _aAmerica's first Black general :
_bBenjamin O. Davis, Sr., 1880-1970 /
_cMarvin E. Fletcher ; with a foreword by Benjamin O. Davis, Jr.
264 1 _aLawrence, Kan. :
_bUniversity Press of Kansas,
_c[1989]
264 4 _c�1989
300 _axix, 226 pages :
_bportraits ;
_c23 cm
336 _atext
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337 _aunmediated
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338 _avolume
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490 1 _aModern war studies
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 211-218) and index.
505 0 _aThe early years: 1880-1898 -- A career begins: 1898-1901 -- Triumphs and tragedies: 1901-1920 -- A holding pattern: 1920-1940 -- World War II -- Inspector general: 1941-1942 -- World War II -- New directions: 1943-1944 -- World War II -- The ETO: 1944-1945 -- A career closes: 1946-1970 -- Conclusion.
520 _a"Throughout an illustrious career that spanned the half-century from the Spanish-American War through World War II, Benjamin O. Davis proved that determination and diplomacy could overcome the barriers raised by racial bigotry. Today there are as many as 10,000 black officers in the army. In Davis's day there weren't more than two or three. As Marvin Fletcher's admiring but balanced portrait shows, this enormous change owes not a little to the persistent efforts and quiet dignity of Benjamin O. Davis. Davis helped 'lay the foundation for the integration of the armed forces, the first major break in the wall of segregated America.' Born into the black middle class of Washington, D.C., Davis maintained a lifelong love for the military, despite the debilitating effects of the army's segregation policies. Such policies repeatedly denied Davis promotions and meant " safe assignments"--Liberia, Tuskegee Institute, Wilberforce University--designed to keep him from commanding white troops. It took thirty years from his enlistment until his promotion to colonel, and another decade before he became America's first black general.
520 9 _aPromoted to brigadier general at the start of World War II, Davis headed a special section that monitored black military units at home and overseas, investigated an increasing number of racial disturbances, and bolstered the black soldier's morale. He was largely responsible for persuading the Army to try a limited form of integration. The success of that effort led to a federal mandate for the integration of the entire American armed forces."--
_cProvided by publisher.
600 1 0 _aDavis, Benjamin O.,
_d1880-1970.
600 1 7 _aDavis, Benjamin O.,
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653 _aUnited States. Army.
_aBlack officers, history - Biographies
758 _ihas work:
_aAmerica's first black general (Text)
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776 0 8 _iOnline version:
_aFletcher, Marvin.
_tAmerica's first Black general.
_dLawrence, Kan. : University Press of Kansas, �1989
_w(OCoLC)755177568
830 0 _aModern war studies.
856 4 1 _3Table of contents
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