Benjamin O. Davis promoted to Brigadier General, United States Army in October 1940
Stand Watie became a brigadier general.
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Robert Johnson, the former owner and CEO of Black Entertainment television, was the first African American billionaire. As you may know, Oprah was the first African American LADY billionaire. =) I just figured out that Robert Church was the first black billionare
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Benjamin Oliver Davis, Jr. was the first African-American in the Air Force. He rose up the ranks to become a general in 1954.
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Hazel Winifred Johnson * In September 1979, Hazel Winifred Johnson became the first Black woman promoted to the rank and position of Brigadier General, Chief of the Army Nurse Corps check it out! http://userpages.aug.com/captbarb/contributions.html Hazel Winifred Johnson * In September 1979, Hazel Winifred Johnson became the first Black woman promoted to the rank and position of Brigadier General, Chief of the Army Nurse Corps check it out! http://userpages.aug.com/captbarb/contributions.html
Two Native American arose to the rank of General in the Civil War. The first one was the Cherokee Stand Watie, promoted CSA Brigadier General in 1864. The second one was the Seneca Ely Samuel Parker, promoted Brevet Union Brigadier General in 1865.
He was the first African American General in the U.S. Army
Stand Watie became a brigadier general.
No, that was Benjamin Davis, in 1940. Before WW 2.
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Yes because it said in the bio he was the first African American to be a air force general.
Brigadier General Amos T. Halftrack
You are probably asking about Eric H. Holder, who was appointed to the position of U.S. Attorney General by President Barack Obama in 2009. However, if you are asking about the states, rather than the federal level, one of the first African-American attorneys general of a state is Kamala D. Harris: she was sworn in as the 32nd Attorney General of the State of California in 2011, becoming the first African-American (as well as the first woman).
Davis Sr. was promoted to Brigadier General on 25 October 1940, becoming the first African-American general officer in the United States Army. He died in 1970. Davis Jr, his son, was the first African -American general officer in the United States Air Force. Davis Jr. was an Army Air Corps ace who shot down 111 planes in World War II, and also flew in Korea. He was advanced to become a 4 star General, the 4th star pinned on by President Clinton in 1998. He died in 2002.