This book tells the important story of Benjamin O Davis Sr and Jr, America’s first Black father and son generals. Triumphing over the harsh racism of the first half of the 20th century, their accomplishments were as important to the integration of the US armed forces as the achievements of men like Martin Luther King Jr and Bayard Rustin were in the civilian world. Their comparative anonymity is the reason the author Doug Melville called his book Invisible Generals.
After Davis Jr was named commander of the first all-Black air unit, the 99th Pursuit Squadron, and later of the 332nd Fighter Group, a larger all-Black unit, he led the celebrated Tuskegee Airmen, one of the most successful fighting units of the second world war.
